Kelli-Dawn Hamilton is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA). Mrs. Hamilton, who assumed office on October 26, will lead the entity into its next phase of growth and development. She served as the Authority’s most recent Interim CEO. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, in his congratulatory...

Citizens will be at the heart of Police Week activities this year as the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) celebrates 156 years of service. Police Week, to be observed from November 18 to 24, is being staged under the theme ‘Celebrating 156 years of Advancement in People, Quality and Technology’. Member of the Community Safety and Security Branch and the Police...

Scoping works are under way for the Chateau Road in Clarendon to facilitate rehabilitation works at a preliminary cost of $110 million. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure at the handover of 60 housing units at Hummingbird Meadows and Monymusk Country Estate in Clarendon on Friday (November 10), appealed to the residents for patience and...

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has launched a Contractor and Consultant Performance Evaluation Programme (CPEP) that will regularise and standardise the assessment of the performance of individuals and entities who work on public-sector procurements and projects. Under the programme, procuring entities – ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) – will be the assessors and scorers for the contractors and consultants whom...

The St. Elizabeth Health Department has initiated a comprehensive public education initiative, dubbed the Dengue High-Intensity Intervention In-Towns (Dengue H.I.I.T) campaign, aimed at combatting the spread of dengue. Chief Public Health Inspector, Nelesha Brown-Wint, told the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on November 9 that the campaign takes the form of a roadshow and is to run...

Jamaicans looking to enjoy holiday favourites such as picnic ham and smoked chicken are being encouraged to take advantage of the meat processing services offered by the Scientific Research Council (SRC). Persons have up to December 8 to submit cuts of red meat and poultry to the entity’s smoked meat facility located at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew. “We are closing...

The pilot phase of the Government’s Rural Water Household Resilient Programme has commenced, whereby 3,000 black tanks will be distributed to promote water harvesting in communities. Under the pilot, which is expected to be completed by the end of December, the 400-gallon tanks with supporting infrastructure for rainwater harvesting are being distributed in the constituencies that were hardest hit by...