The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be temporarily relaxing its no-vending rules downtown, to accommodate the anticipated increase in commerce during the Christmas period. From today (December 19) to January 3, vendors will be allowed to ply their wares on the sidewalks, as well as in areas normally designated no-vending zones. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown...

A new $94 million market was officially opened in Black River, St. Elizabeth, on December 10 by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott. The first of its kind to be built in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, the market’s model is part of the vision for the overall development of agro tourism and the re-establishment of...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is appealing to event planners to make adequate provisions for solid waste management, to prevent the littering of the streets. Noting the traditional increase in entertainment events during the festive season, Executive Director of the NSWMA, Jennifer Edwards, said that waste management can become a major challenge if the necessary provisions are not...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is reporting that 95 per cent of development applications submitted to the Council for November have been approved. These have been processed within the stipulated 90 working days, as the Corporation continues its work to improve the turn-around time for development approvals. This was disclosed by Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke,...

The Westmoreland Parish Council has received two fire trucks and two ambulances, valued at $8.1 million, from the Japanese Government. The emergency vehicles were donated by the Society for Promotion of Japanese Diplomacy, with funding support under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, in expressing gratitude to the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says that a new infirmary will be built in Portland next year, which will provide improved living conditions for the indigent, sick, and elderly residents of the parish. He gave the commitment at the Youth Mayors’ Luncheon on Wednesday (December 3), at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston,...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Glendon Harris, is calling for Jamaicans to become “informers” in the fight against crime. He said Jamaica is being held ransom by what he calls “modern day black heart men,” who drive fear into its citizens and efforts must be made to speak out against them. Mayor Harris, who was addressing the Lay Magistrates Association of...