The Board of Supervision (BOS), an agency of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, has boosted its disaster preparedness plans, aimed at improving the care and protection of the nation’s homeless for the hurricane season. Homelessness Co-ordinator at the BOS, Damion Campbell, tells JIS News that the increased effort forms part of the Government’s thrust in securing the...

Members of the public are being urged to support the ‘Downtown Sizzling Summer Savings’ event, which will be held from July 25 to 27 at the St. William Grant Park. The three-day mega shopping extravaganza, which is being held in collaboration with the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) and the Vendors and Higglers Association forms part of the Government’s ongoing...

Technical officers from the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) have received tablet computers, as part of efforts to provide them with the necessary tools to better enable them to carry out their duties. “We have uploaded our App- LoveCleanKSA to these tablets and officers will be required to use this tool to aid in monitoring their zones,” said Mayor...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, is yet again urging vendors, who ply their wares in downtown Kingston, to become registered and utilise the designated vending areas. She noted that this will, among other things, assist with the maintenance of law and order in the commercial district. The Mayor made the appeal while addressing the monthly meeting of the...

Some 3,000 residents are to benefit from the rehabilitation of approximately two kilometres of roadway from Richmond Vale to Richmond Gap in St. Thomas. Work on the road is expected to commence this month and end in December 2013. A contract between community sponsors and the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) was signed on July 3, at the Richmond Gap...

A rural farming community is to benefit from a project that will aid in strengthening its resilience to the impact of weather-related issues. The project, which is to be rolled out in July, follows the successful completion of a pilot of a micro insurance facility, aimed at small farmers in Portland and St. Thomas. The pilot was facilitated by the...

The city of Hagen in Germany will be partnering with the municipality of Portmore in St. Catherine, to formulate and implement climate change projects at the local Government level. Making the disclosure during his contribution to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (June 26), Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill,...

Fire fighters in some rural parishes will soon enjoy improved working conditions, as the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development moves to refurbish a number of fire stations. This was disclosed by State Minister in the Ministry, Hon. Colin Fagan, during his contribution to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, on June 25. “Our fire fighters...