Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says $50 million will be set aside to undertake emergency repairs at the Savanna-la-Mar Market, in Westmoreland. Mr. McKenzie was addressing a press briefing after a tour of the facility, on Thursday (December 9). “Once the necessary estimates have been provided, I have instructed the Chief Technical Officer in the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says questions regarding Jamaica’s status as a nation, which has generated significant interest, will be addressed. “[There is] one thing that I am reflecting on… and that is, the nation is as the nation does. There are some people who want to speak prosperity… sovereignty, and independence into being,” he noted. Mr. Holness...

The Clarendon Parish Court in May Pen is to be renovated at a cost of approximately $120 million. The project is slated to commence this year and conclude in 2022/23. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, and Managing Director of Greenhouse Consultants and Construction Limited, which will execute the project, George Henry, signed the contract during a semi-virtual ceremony at the...

Fifteen bedridden and infirmed inmates are now receiving specialised care at the Department of Correctional Services’ (DCS) recently opened Medical Centre and Infirmary, located at the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St. Catherine. The inmates were transferred from the St. Catherine and Tower Street Adult Correctional Centres to the 25-bed facility, the first of its kind, which caters to...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, on Friday (December 10), officially opened the newly built Christel House Jamaica School in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.  The institution, which is owned by global children’s charity organisation, Christel House International, will facilitate 840 students from modest neighbouring communities for Grades K-13 [kindergarten...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says despite being delayed by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the pension scheme for tourism workers will be introduced on January 1, 2022. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking at the official opening of the 444-suite Ocean Eden Bay Hotel, in Trelawny, on December 9, said the introduction of the scheme is also coming...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says adequate security personnel will be deployed to ensure the safety and security of citizens during the busy Christmas period. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Friday (December 10), Head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, said members of the JCF will be out...