In the last financial year, the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change assisted 183 families with more than $60 million, in an effort to alleviate housing vulnerability in Jamaica. The Ministry, through its Social Housing Programme, seeks, as best as possible, to assist persons through the provision of grants to repair existing structures and, in special cases,...

The Mandeville Regional Hospital’s (MRH) Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department in Manchester has received rigid laryngoscopes, chest support unit and biopsy faucets equipment valued at J$1.5 million to detect and treat laryngeal cancers, the sixth most common cancer in men. The donation was made to the ENT department on Thursday, May 6 at the MRH, by the Manchester Wellness...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Matthew Samuda, says amendments are being made to modernise the legislative framework that governs the private security industry. Senator Samuda, who was speaking following a tour of the Private Security Regulations Authority (PSRA) Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday (May 6), indicated that the process could take...

The Government has taken the first step towards seeking parliamentary approval to declare the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project a National Development Project. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, on Wednesday (May 5), tabled the Public Procurement National Development Project/Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project Order 2021 and the Public Procurement National Development Project/Montego Bay...

Construction is to commence on several projects during the 2021/22 financial year, which will provide approximately 400 acres of additional special economic zone (SEZ) space at an estimated value of more than US$1.3 billion. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral debate...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Floyd Green, is calling on bee farmers to invest more in building and diversifying the industry. Mr. Green, who was addressing members of the St James bee farming community on May 2, also encouraged them to boost their production of honey, as there is a ready market. “The growth of the beekeeping subsector is...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Matthew Samuda, says the work of the Private Security Regulation Authority (PSRA) Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, has led to better regulatory and monitoring of the space in Western Jamaica. Mr. Samuda on Thursday (May 6), toured the regional office, which was officially opened in October last year....