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 in Hanover, topped the five entrants participating in this year’s Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) Youth Mayor Competition, which was staged...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says St. James Southern is prime for major rural infrastructure development. Speaking with journalists on Friday (December 10) during a tour of several communities in the area, Mr. McKenzie said the Government will be looking to undertake several engagements, based on the citizens’ needs. These, he informed, include the provision...

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...

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...

The St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation will be staging its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremonies in the towns of Black River and Santa Cruz. Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, said that the ceremony for the parish capital will take place on Wednesday (December 15) at the Mini Park, and on Friday (December 17), a tree will be lit at Santa Plaza in...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, on Tuesday (December 7) distributed 20 garbage drums in the communities of Flanker and Providence Heights in St. James. They were donated  under the entity’s ‘Drum a Di Gate’ initiative, which aims to encourage proper waste disposal at the community level through the containerisation of garbage....

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says the Montego Bay Fire Station in St. James has reached “practical completion”. “We were able to achieve practical completion on the fire station about two weeks ago, so the contractor has been working on clearing the defects, because some defects were identified and those are being [dealt] with...