Some 2000 community roads will be rehabilitated over the next three years, through a $40 billion allocation under the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) programme. “We have made excellent progress in dealing with our highways and main thoroughfares and it is now time to address our secondary roads and our local roads,” said Prime Minister,...

Work will commence shortly on the $13 billion Special Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Programme, which targets six strategic high-traffic corridors in the Corporate Area and St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said that the comprehensive programme comprises road and drainage works, potable water and sewer line upgrades, traffic management and road safety improvements, installation of street lighting, and...

Restoration of the Jubilee Market in downtown Kingston, which was gutted by fire several years ago, is 90 per cent complete. The update was provided by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, during the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) in downtown Kingston, on March 14. He said the restored facility, which houses 40...

The Kulture Key project is being expanded to continue the transformation of downtown Kingston into a cultural district. The project highlights the country’s iconic musical heritage, among other things. Addressing the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) in downtown Kingston, today (March 14), Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, said the expansion work will...

The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) is advocating an increase in the number of monuments in the parish honouring the life and work of National Hero and native son, the Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante. To this end, Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, moved a motion during the Corporation’s monthly meeting on March 9, calling for the establishment of...

The Westmoreland Municipal Corporation has committed to accepting social cases from the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, at the parish’s infirmary. Social cases refer to patients who have been released but remain in hospital because they have nowhere else to go as their families have abandoned them. There are currently 21 social cases at the hospital. Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar and Chairman...

The St. Ann Municipal Corporation is still pursuing plans to have the new Ministry of Labour and Social Security building in St. Ann’s Bay named in honour of the late Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson. The building, which was constructed at a cost of approximately $527 million, was officially opened in September 2020. Members of the Council have indicated that...