Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is reporting that the Social Intervention Committee has started working in the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), in St. James. Providing an update in the House of Representatives yesterday (September 12), the Prime Minister said the first formal social intervention on a large scale was the Mount Salem Community Services Fair,...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is spearheading a relief drive to assist Caribbean countries that were impacted by the recent passage of Hurricane Irma. This was disclosed by Deputy Mayor, KSAMC, Councillor Winston Ennis, during yesterday's (September 12) monthly meeting, held at the Corporation’s office on Church Street, downtown Kingston. Hurricane Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage...

Students at the Denham Town Primary School in Kingston, along with their teachers, are revelling in the success of the institution, which copped the lion’s share of prizes in the 2017 Youth Gambling Prevention All-Island Poster Competition. Of the 10 prizes on offer, the institution took home seven at the recent awards ceremony held in Kingston, sharing one with Immaculate...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says there will be 100 per cent placement of all students in full high schools next year. During a visit to The Queen’s School in St. Andrew, on September 12, Senator Reid noted that this will be made possible as a result of expansion being undertaken at certain secondary schools....

Some 160 greenhouses have been established on mined-out bauxite lands in St. Ann, Manchester, Clarendon, and St. Elizabeth at a cost of approximately $240 million. Executive Director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Parris Lyew-Ayee, said the greenhouses, which are under vegetable cultivation, are providing earnings of up to $3 million annually for the farmers. He informed that marketing arrangements...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says a ticketing system will soon be established for persons who are accused of using more than two ounces of marijuana in Jamaica. Speaking at the launch of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) ‘Talk Di Truth’ initiative on September 12 at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew, Mr. Chuck said...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has affirmed that it is on track to producing updated provisional development orders for the entire island by March 2018. A Development Order is a legal document that sets out the framework, guidelines and policies for planning and development in parishes and communities. It enables the Local Planning Authority and/or the Town and...