Prime Minister Andrew Holness has extended sincere condolences on behalf of the Government to the Government and people of Haiti following a major earthquake which hit the island on Saturday. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the French-speaking nation on Saturday, October 6, leaving at least 15 people dead and more than 300 injured. The Prime Minister expressed sympathy at the...

Remembered as a true son of local government and a man, who loved people, respected late Councillor of the Hampstead Division in St. Mary, Barton Oliver, has been immortalised with the renaming of a road in his honour. Shortly after his death in March 2016, a decision was taken by the St. Mary Municipal Corporation to have the road, originally...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager, says the Trelawny Municipal Corporation is on a mission to safeguard the parish in order to ensure that it remains a haven for visitors to the island. “We are on a drive to really protect the town (Falmouth) and keep it attractive so that tourists will want to come and visit,” he said. The...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Boards of Public Bodies and Agencies must perform and carry out policy mandates. Speaking recently at the Board Retreat of the HEART Trust NTA, Prime Minister Holness said, Boards and Executive Management teams must hold persons accountable through performance standards. “The problem we are having is that sometimes we have too many politicians operating in...

As the National Works Agency (NWA) continues to tweak its traffic management plan in Kingston and St. Andrew, more change is to come starting this weekend. As of this Sunday, September 23, turning restrictions will be implemented along the section of Constant Spring Road, between the bridge at Market Place and the Dunrobin Avenue intersection. Manager, Communication and Customer Services...

The St. James Municipal Corporation says it is prepared to deal with any eventualities should the parish be impacted by a tropical cyclone during the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. The season, which officially began on June 1 and will end November 30, generally experiences its peak from mid-August to the end of September. During this period, conditions are ideal for...

Officials of the St. Ann and Trelawny Municipal Corporations say preparations are in place to mitigate the impact of potential natural disasters, including floods and hurricanes. They note that even before the start of the hurricane season in June, “problem areas” were identified where various measures, such as the cleaning of drains and gullies, were carried out. “If we learnt...