Everest Drive, in the constituency of Kingston Eastern and Port Royal, is the first of several roads on which work has commenced under the Government’s $45-billion Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Project. The road, which is approximately 1.1 kilometres in length, is located in the community of Bayshore Park, Harbour View. The scope of works...

Work has commenced under the Government’s Relief Emergency Assistance and Community Help (REACH) Programme. REACH was initiated to repair widespread road damage caused during the passage of Hurricane Beryl, just south of Jamaica, on July 3. The Government allocated an initial $3 billion under the programme, which was focused on community roads. This allowed Members of Parliament (MPs) to select the...

Chief Executive Officer of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels (left), interacts with Principals and students during the organisation’s 20-for-20-for-20 Build Jamaica Grants handover ceremony on December 6. The event was held at Digicel’s headquarters in Kingston. From right are Principal of Salt Spring Primary and Infant School, Norma Brydson, and Principal of Prickly Pole Primary and Infant School, Judith Whyte...

Over 1000 residents in North West St. Catherine, now have access to reliable potable water, following the commissioning of the $10.8 million Orangefield Water Improvement Project on Friday (December 20). The project includes 1.1 kilometres of pipeline running from Orangefield Primary to the Orangefield Square. This is a follow up to the Jericho water system which was expanded at a...

Approximately 2,000 residents in the Harmons Valley area of Manchester are set to benefit from a multimillion-dollar water project, which will supply 60,000 gallons of the commodity daily. The initiative is a partnership involving the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and JAMALCO, working with the Manchester Parish Development Committee (PDC) and other stakeholders. It will deliver energy efficient water...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Matthew Samuda, on Tuesday (December 17), officially commissioned into service the $35 million Spicy Hill Pipeline Project in Trelawny. This new water infrastructure, spearheaded by the National Water Commission (NWC), will benefit approximately 1,152 residents in the growing rural community, providing them with improved access to potable...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has emphasised that beneficiaries of the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) should be grateful to citizens for their part in the execution of the initiative. Dr. Holness, who was addressing a handover ceremony for a three-bedroom unit to Claudette Linton, in Inverness, St. Ann, on December 12, said that beneficiaries should express...