The Social Development Commission (SDC) will bring together more than 350 students, teachers and community stakeholders on Thursday (February 27) for an inspiring day of youth engagement and empowerment, when it hosts the inaugural ‘SDC Club in School Day’. This event takes place at Bucknor Community Centre in Clarendon under the theme ‘Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Through Unity’. The initiative will...

More than 100 residents of communities in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, have received support under the Government’s Rebuild Jamaica initiative for persons who were impacted by Hurricane Beryl in July. Sixty-nine persons in the Old Harbour Road area and 33 residents from Old Harbour received cheques worth $50,000, $150,000 and $400,000, based on the severity of damage done to their...

With an increase in the number of malicious false alarm calls in 2024, the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is once again urging Jamaicans to stop making prank calls to the emergency services. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that last year the JFB received 1,759 malicious false alarms, a 24.4 per cent increase when compared to the 1,413 calls...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging persons to adopt a simple yet life-saving habit of closing their bedroom doors while sleeping. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that this practice can increase survival chances and reduce the spread of fires. “Once you go into the room to sleep, close your door. If a fire starts, for argument’s sake...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is eyeing the Independence period as a timeline for the completion and reopening of the Buff Bay market in Portland. The Minister visited the facility recently, where he reminded that the market was one of those chosen to be renovated when Jamaica had celebrated its 50th year. “So, we want...

The St. James Municipal Corporation and Mastercard have forged a partnership to digitise payment systems for traders operating at the Harbour Street and Old Fort Craft Markets in Montego Bay. This collaboration was formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the St. James Municipal Corporation/Mastercard Vendor Engagement Event and Training at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre...

The recently appointed three-member panel to conduct an administrative review of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) building approval process will be providing recommendations for reform. The review is intended to improve efficiency and transparency of the building development approval process. At a recent monthly meeting of the KSAMC, at the Corporation’s downtown Kingston offices, Mayor of Kingston,...