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

As Jamaicans prepare to go to the polls to cast their votes for divisional representatives at the local government level on November 28, it becomes increasingly pertinent for them to be aware of the roles and value of this type of representation and governance. Local government authorities are entities at the local level through which the Ministry of Local Government...

More than 15 young entrepreneurs of Hopewell and its environs in Hanover are now better equipped to expand and manage their businesses consequent on their participation in the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) recent ‘Night Fair’ exposition. The participants benefited from significant exposure provided by the event, which was held at Top Centre Plaza in Hopewell. The hundreds of patrons who...

The Port Maria Market in St. Mary is to be reconstructed at a cost of approximately $68 million. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who made the announcement, said the new facility will be a two-storey structure that will accommodate vendors on the ground floor and commercial enterprises upstairs. He indicated that the project will be financed...

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...