Minister of Local Government and Community Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie says $10 million is to be allocated, to carry out emergency clean-up and repairs at the Port Antonio Market in Portland. During a tour of the facility on Friday (March 24), Minister McKenzie said the market was in a deplorable condition and that efforts were to begin shortly to carry...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Ministry is committed to completing the renovation and upgrading of all state run infirmaries by the ending of the 2019 financial year. Minister McKenzie, who was addressing the Board of Supervision’s Awards and Recognition Ceremony at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann recently,...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), is to clear and beautify the front of Riverton Meadows, in St. Andrew. Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, says while a dump exists beyond the community, Riverton Meadows is a residential area, and the activities at the entrance of the community give it a negative perception. “We have lived with it...

The recently held community intervention activity in Kintyre, St. Andrew, dubbed ‘Wellness Fest’ and staged by the University of Technology (UTech), in collaboration with the Social Development Commission (SDC) and other partners, is being hailed as successful. Director in the Department of Community Services and Development at UTech, Paulton Gordon, told JIS News that the reaction by residents of Kintyre...

Community groups and grassroots micro-entrepreneurs in and around St. Mary are signing up in large numbers to participate in this year’s staging of the Social Development Commission’s Creative Arts and Skills Festival (CASfest) in the parish. The event, which is scheduled for the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria on Friday, March 10, is being staged for the third time...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will be hosting a Creative Arts and Skills Festival, dubbed ‘CASfest’, on Friday, March 10, at the Claude Stewart Park in Port Maria, St. Mary. The festival aims to provide an opportunity for residents of the town and wider parish to showcase their entrepreneurial creativity and innovation. CASfest, which supports the SDC’s Local Economic Development...

Commuters travelling along the severely congested Barbican Road will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief, as the National Works Agency (NWA) has begun work to significantly improve the roadway and general flow of traffic in that area. The ‘Barbican Road Improvement Project’ will see the corridor being improved from the current two lanes to a four-lane carriageway...