Some 100 land titles will be handed over to recipients through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) during a ceremony at the Linstead Baptist Church in, St. Catherine on Friday January 29. This represents the 100th land title handover ceremony to be undertaken by LAMP. The Programme aims to assist Jamaicans to obtain Certificates of Title for property they...

Assistant Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Sean Martin, says fire-fighters undergo continuous training, so as to ensure that they are in a state of readiness to effectively respond, in the event of an earthquake. Mr. Martin was speaking at the launch of Earthquake Awareness Month 2016, held at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in Kingston,...

More Jamaicans are now accessing quality potable water, as a result of improved infrastructure to harness and deliver the commodity. General Manager for Engineering at Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Douglas Wilson, tells JIS News that the agency, a department of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, has put in place critical water systems, and in spite...

Hundreds of residents of several communities, encompassing the constituencies of East. St. Andrew and East Kingston and Port Royal, will now have reliable and consistent supply of potable water, following the commissioning into service of the Pleasant Heights supply system. The project, undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC), involved the refurbishing of the water pump. Minister of Science, Technology,...

Over 200 residents of the rural community of Rio Bueno in Trelawny, will have water flowing from taps in their homes in time for Christmas. The Rural Water Supplies Limited (RWSL) has undertaken work to connect the residents to the Rio Bueno Water Supply System. This was disclosed by the agency’s Managing Director, Albert Thompson, as he delivered an agency...

The Government of the Kingdom of Lethoso, in Southern Africa, will be sending a technical team to Jamaica to study land distribution strategies used by the National Land Agency (NLA). This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NLA, Elizabeth Stair, when she delivered her report at a Heads of Agencies and Departments meeting of the Ministry of...

Cabinet has approved the award of a contract valued at $51.34 million for phase one of the Papine/Mona sewerage project. The contract has been awarded to Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited. Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, made the disclosure at a Jamaica House press briefing on December 9. She noted that the project forms part of the...