The Government will be carrying out repairs to several roadways in Hanover Western during the 2023/2024 financial year. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for works, Hon. Everald Warmington, made the disclosure on Thursday (April 13), following a tour of the road network in the constituency. He was accompanied by Member of...

The National Water Commission’s (NWC) profitability will result in further upgrading and expansion projects in communities islandwide, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. “My job… is to ensure that the NWC gets the resources required to put in place the infrastructure. Some of it can be self-financed, and...

Plans are advanced for the replacement of the Woodsville Bridge in Hanover. The structure, which also serves the communities of Flower Hill and Hillsbrook, collapsed recently. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, told journalists that the National Works Agency (NWA) is assisting the Hanover Municipal Corporation with the “design and scoping”...

Several roadways across Westmoreland are slated to be repaired and rehabilitated. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, following a tour of sections of the parish on Wednesday (April 12). He said key among these will be rehabilitation of the main thoroughfare in the community of St. Paul’s,...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Climate Change and the Environment, Senator the Hon. Mathew Samuda (left), speaking with High Commissioner of Canada in Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, during a courtesy call on the Minister at the Towers on Dominica Drive in Kingston on Thursday (March 30).

It is critical for Jamaica to move closer to energy independence, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. “It is the only way you are going to build that pillar that eventually your economy can be built on,” Senator Samuda emphasised. The Minister was speaking at the High Commission...

Jamaicans will feel the benefits of the Government’s sound management of the economy and strong recovery from COVID-19, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. “I guarantee that within a year or two, we will start to feel the economic effect of the recovery on the individual household. As a Government, we are making sure that we maintain the...