It is anticipated that the recently completed $450-million Waltham Park Road Pipeline Replacement Project will improve service delivery to 20,000 persons within the area. The work, which was undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC), included replacement and upgrade of the pipeline along Waltham Park Road and replacement of aged customer service connections. The project area commenced at the intersection...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government remains committed to ensuring that the rights of members of the Windrush generation and their descendants are protected. The Windrush generation were those persons who arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1973, many of whom took up jobs...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government is working to reduce Jamaica’s climatic vulnerability by instituting a “suite of financial instruments that can pay out in the event of a natural disaster”. He noted that Jamaica became the first small country globally to independently sponsor a catastrophe bond that provides fiscal resources...

Bernicey Wright, who lost her home to fire in Black River, St. Elizabeth, is the proud recipient of a new house under government’s Indigent Housing Programme. The programme, which is delivered under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Municipal Social Assistance (MSA) project, is designed to address the housing crisis among the poor and most vulnerable. The two-bedroom...

The Mona Heights sewerage expansion project in Kingston, undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC) at a cost of $320 million, will positively impact approximately 1,800 households. The project areas include Bougainvillea Avenue, Spathodia Avenue and Gardenia Avenue. Under the project, 2.2 kilometres of 8-inch pipelines are being installed. Project objectives include the extension of sanitary sewers that will mitigate...

The Government has taken proactive measures by placing all systems on standby in response to Tropical Storm Bret, which continues to approach sections of the Caribbean region. “We have put all our systems on standby, but we have not activated anything. As we get closer to the end of the week and look at the system, then we will be...

Free yoga sessions are being offered by the High Commission of India in Jamaica. Classes are held Mondays to Sundays, except Wednesdays, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the High Commission, 5 Earls Court, Acadia Drive, Kingston 8. This was disclosed by India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui, while addressing participants at a yoga session held...