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Participants in the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) Youth Mayor Competition Robing and Awards Presentation Ceremony which took place during the HMC’s recent monthly meeting. Front row (from left) Youth Councillor, Christopher Campbell, Rusea’s High School; Youth Councillor, Rachel Coach, Hopewell High School; Teacher/Coach, Hopewell High School, Ann-Marie Galloway; Youth Deputy Mayor, Allison Trench, Rusea’s High School; Youth Mayor, Timothy Kent, Rhodes Hall High School; Dean of Discipline/Coach, Rhodes Hall High School, Greogory Hewitt; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, HMC, Romeo Daley. Joining them in the back row (from left) are Councillor Marvell Sewell, Green Island Division; Councillor Fearon DeCarish, Chester Castle Division; Councillor Devon Brown, Hopewell Division; Chair Civic and Community Affairs Committee and Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant; Teacher/Coach, Rusea’s High School, Cyleo Clarke; and HMC Chairman and Lucea Mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.
Participants in the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) Youth Mayor Competition Robing and Awards Presentation Ceremony which took place during the HMC’s recent monthly meeting. Front row (from left) Youth Councillor, Christopher Campbell, Rusea’s High School; Youth Councillor, Rachel Coach, Hopewell High School; Teacher/Coach, Hopewell High School, Ann-Marie Galloway; Youth Deputy Mayor, Allison Trench, Rusea’s High School; Youth Mayor, Timothy Kent, Rhodes Hall High School; Dean of Discipline/Coach, Rhodes Hall High School, Greogory Hewitt; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, HMC, Romeo Daley. Joining them in the back row (from left) are Councillor Marvell Sewell, Green Island Division; Councillor Fearon DeCarish, Chester Castle Division; Councillor Devon Brown, Hopewell Division; Chair Civic and Community Affairs Committee and Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant; Teacher/Coach, Rusea’s High School, Cyleo Clarke; and HMC Chairman and Lucea Mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.

Lucea Youth Mayor Cites Citizens’ Resilience As Key To Jamaica’s Post-COVID-19 Recovery

The 2021 Youth Mayor for Lucea, Hanover, Timothy Kent, has cited the resilience of Jamaicans as pivotal to building a stronger country in the post-coronavirus (COVID-19) era. The 18-year-old, who is a grade 11 student at Rhodes Hall High School...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, arriving for the recent official opening of Ocean Eden Bay Resort in Falmouth, Trelawny
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, arriving for the recent official opening of Ocean Eden Bay Resort in Falmouth, Trelawny

Prime Minister Encourages Greater Utilisation Of Entertainment In Tourism

St. James Southern Being Targetted for Major Development
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) converses with Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, during a tour of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland on Thursday (December 9).
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) converses with Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, during a tour of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland on Thursday (December 9).

Emergency Repairs to be Undertaken at Savanna-La-mar Market
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the official opening ceremony for the 444-suite all-inclusive Ocean Eden Bay Hotel by H10 in Trelawny on December 9.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the official opening ceremony for the 444-suite all-inclusive Ocean Eden Bay Hotel by H10 in Trelawny on December 9.

Jamaica’s Status As A Nation Will Be Addressed – Prime Minister Holness

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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck (seated, second left), signs the contract for the $120 million Clarendon Parish Court renovation project, during a semi-virtual ceremony at the Ministry in St. Andrew on Friday (December 10). Others seated (from left) are: Acting Permanent Secretary in the Justice Ministry, Grace Ann Stewart McFarlane; Managing Director of Greenhouse Consultants and Construction Limited, George Henry; and Director, Court Administration Division (CAD), Tricia Cameron Anglin, who also signed the document. Observing (standing, from left) are: Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes; Member of Parliament for Clarendon Central, where the court is situated, Lester Michael Henry; and the Ministry’s Communications Director, Shari-Ann Palmer.
Justice

$120 Million Upgrading for Clarendon Parish Court

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...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Mathew Samuda.
National Security

Several Department of Correctional Services’ Engagements Being Revamped

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...
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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets kindergarten students of Christel House Jamaica School in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, following the institution’s official opening on Friday (December 10). With him are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams (centre), and the school’s Principal, Tracey Ann Anderson.
Education

New Christel House Jamaica School Opened

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...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon, Edmund Bartlett, announces a January 1, 2022 start date for the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme. He was speaking on December 9, at the official opening of the 444-suite Ocean Eden Bay Hotel near Falmouth in, Trelawny. Listening is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who declared the hotel open.
Tourism

Pension Scheme For Tourism Workers To Be Introduced Jan. 1, 2022

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...
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Head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, discusses JCF operational plans for the Christmas season at a JIS Think Tank on Friday (Dec. 10).
ChristmasNational Security

JCF Assures Of Adequate Security For Christmas

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...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church of the Open Bible in May Pen, Clarendon. The AP&FM Project works to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate change. It supports the integration of climate change issues into development planning by government agencies, and provides funds for climate change adaptation work in small and medium sized businesses as well as communities islandwide. It is being implemented with US$19.86 million in funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica.
Climate Change

Minister Charles Jr. addresses Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience ceremony

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church of the Open Bible in May Pen, Clarendon. The AP&FM Project works to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, in Savanna-la-Mar, on Thursday (December 9).
CoronavirusLocal Government

COVID-19 Impacts Revenues Of Municipalities

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has informed that Municipalities have lost more than $2 billion in revenue from entertainment and advertising fees over the last 18 months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister was speaking at a special meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Thursday (December 9). “It is a...
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