Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says the agency is committed to drive investment back into downtown Kingston. He said the JSIF has, over the years, contributed to the development of infrastructure in the area and will, through integrated community development projects, be elevating the standards of the area to encourage higher levels of comfort...

Beginning this week, several of the nation’s major gullies and drains will be cleaned, as the Government heightens activities to eradicate possible mosquito breeding sites. The clean-up activities, which will cost $200 million, are being carried out by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) Secretariat. This was disclosed by Minister of Health, Hon. Horace...

The Portmore Municipal Council has scheduled February 5 as a clean-up day, to eliminate mosquito breeding sites. “Meetings were held with tyre shop operators and other vendors in Portmore and on that day, the Municipal Council, in partnership with  the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), will remove all old tyres and other large objects that can become mosquito breeding...

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says there is indication that increasingly, private investors are buying into the local economy, as the country continues to reflect economic improvements. “If you speak to manufacturers, they will tell you that they are investing. Confidence has come back pretty strongly in recent times,” he said. Mr. Byles was responding...

  The Hanover Parish Council is moving to address road and water problems in the community of Blenheim in the parish. Mayor of Lucea, Wynter McIntosh, said that a special site visit is planned for the area on Monday (January 25) “to confirm the strategies to be utilised …to address the concerns of the citizens.” “As the Hanover Parish Council,...

In a bid to encourage greater participation by the public in local governance, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be staging a series of public education sessions in the Corporate Area, to sensitize persons about legislation which will entrench Local Government in the Constitution. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Dr. Angella Brown Burke, said  the campaign will serve...

Three strategic bills, which are pivotal to the Local Government reform process in Jamaica, were passed in the Senate on January 8. They are the Local Governance Bill; Local Government (Unified Service and Employment) Bill; and the Local Government (Financing and Financial Management) Bill. Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, who piloted the bills in the Upper Chamber,...