Two agencies of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be conducting a sensitisation exercise targetting residents in communities prone to flooding. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Social Development Commission (SDC) will spearhead a comprehensive programme of visits to those areas. They will aim to educate...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Lenworth Fulton, says he expects more than 60,000 patrons to attend the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, from July 30 to August 1. “We are also expecting a strong delegation from the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Barbados and visitors [from] Africa,” Mr. Fulton told JIS News. The 68th staging of the show is...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), pauses for a photo with ILAH’s Lemon-Aid Stand For Kids Foundation Founder, Imani-Leigh Hall (centre) and Sagicor Bank Manchester, Branch Manager, Kavon Walker, during a visit to the Foundation’s summer camp at Manchester High School, on Friday (July 22). A donation of $3.5 million from Sagicor has helped the Foundation to...

The St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation has awarded 23 Shelter Managers for their years of service in fostering a safe and protected environment for displaced citizens across the various communities, in the event of a disaster. They were honoured during a Shelter Management Symposium & Awards Ceremony at the St. Elizabeth Technical High School, in Santa Cruz, on July 21, under...

The parish of Manchester will commence a series of pre-Independence activities on Sunday (July 24), which will culminate with a gala in the Mandeville Park, on July 28. On Sunday, a church service will be held at the Ridgemount United Church, in Mandeville, starting at 9:00 a.m., with the Mandeville health workers choir on show, where the activities will be...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett led a team from the Organization of American States (OAS) on a tour of the Bunkers Hill Cultural Xperience and River Tours, Wakefield, Trelawny on Thursday (July 21). The OAS team was in the island for a two-day high-level policy forum (July 20-21) with representatives from more than 50 countries across the Americas. The forum...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is assisted by Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Mary South East, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second left), to turn on the improved Iterboreale well pump in St. Mary on July 21. Observing (from third left) are: National Water Commission’s (NWC)...