Renovation of the Black River Fire Station in St. Elizabeth, being done at a cost of $60 million, is more than 90 per cent complete. This was disclosed by new Acting Superintendent of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) St. Elizabeth Division, Emrick Needham. Addressing the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting in Black River on January 12, Superintendent Needham indicated...

The Government is embarking on a strategy to transform municipal waste management, where disposal dumps, such as Riverton, St. Andrew and Retirement, St. James, will be permanently closed, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking at an education fundraiser at the Half Moon Hotel, Montego Bay, on January 14, Mr. Holness said what currently exists as it relates...

Still mourning the tragic death of one of its own due to reckless road use, the leadership of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is making an appeal to motorists to use the nation’s roads responsibly. On November 30, last year, 25-year-old Larenzo Douse, who was attached to the Ocho Rios fire station, was killed after a motorist overtook a line...

Upgrading work, valued at $70 million, is currently underway at the Annotto Bay Fire Station in St. Mary. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure, while addressing the hand over ceremony for the new $258 million Port Maria Fire Station in the parish on Friday (Jan. 13). He noted that the Government is making...

The new Port Maria Fire Station, built at a cost of $258 million, was officially opened and handed over on Friday (Jan.13), bringing improved fire and emergencies services to more than 100,000 Jamaicans. The brand-new facility, spread over a four-building compound, can accommodate up to 80 firefighters and boasts an administrative block, engine bays, male and female dormitories, a conference...

The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation is spearheading several disaster-preparedness activities for schools and businesses across the parish in observance of Earthquake Awareness Week and for the entire month of January. The week of observance from January 8 to 12 will see ODPEM heightening its public-education campaign under the theme ‘Drop, Cover, Hold… Earthquake Readiness Is Within Your Control’. Disaster Coordinator for...

The Junior Council of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC JC) is appealing to persons to make donations to its clothing drive. The drive, which ends on January 28, is organised by members of the Council to benefit the homeless population in Kingston and St. Andrew. “2022 was a year that was very hard, especially for the homeless...