The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is appealing to residents, particularly those in urban centres, to properly dispose of garbage generated during the Christmas season. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Technical Director at the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, is urging persons to package their garbage properly so it can be easily taken up by the work crew. “We...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the motoring and general public to avoid using the Bog Walk Gorge as a number of incidences of rockfall have been reported as a result of the current heavy rains. Persons are urged to use the alternate routes via Barry and Sligoville

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is exploring the possible relocation of residents from lands at Broadgate in St. Mary, where 12-year-old student Raheem Davey, was killed by a large boulder, which fell from the hillside above his home. He made the disclosure while speaking with journalists during a visit to the area on Tuesday, November 15....

The Government will be providing support to the family of 12-year-old Raheem Davey of Broadgate, St. Mary, who died when boulders crashed into his home on November 11. His eight-year-old twin sisters were injured in the incident. One of the girls has been admitted at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, where she is in critical condition, while the...

Access to the Riverton City disposal site in West St. Andrew has significantly improved with the completion of rehabilitation work on the 1.65 kilometres of roadway leading to the area. Undertaken through a US$1.8-million grant from the Mexican Government, the project included the concrete paving of the roadway and installation of a proper drainage. The road, which is managed by...

The Local Governance (Amendment) Act will be sent to a Committee of Parliament for its consideration and deliberation. This was noted by Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon, Derrick Smith, today (November 9), after opposition was raised to the passage of the Bill. The Bill was laid on the table of the Lower House by Minister...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that local government elections are to be held on November 28 and that Nomination Day will be November 11. In an address at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston, on November 3, the Minister said the time has come for persons to elect those offering themselves as...