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Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Laurie Williams, is assuring the public that the agency will be ready to respond to emergencies on Labour Day (May 23), despite their scheduled projects across the island on that day. The Commissioner was speaking at a media briefing at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development on May 20. “I can unreservedly...

Refurbishing work is to be undertaken at the St. Mary’s Primary School in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, as the parish project on Labour Day (May 23). Mayor of Black River, Councillor Everton Fisher, told JIS News that the citizens of the parish have, over the years, demonstrated community spirit and given their time for Labour Day activities. He pointed out that...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is to regularise the activities of handcart operators in the market district of the Corporate Area. This move follows several meetings of the KSAC, the police and handcart owners and operators. Making the disclosure during a KSAC Council meeting at its Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston, on Tuesday, May 14, Deputy Mayor...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Garth Wilkinson, is reporting that the Trelawny Parish Council achieved a $1.9 million surplus during the last financial year, without cutting back on critical services to the residents. Highlighting the surplus at the monthly meeting of the Council on May 9, the Mayor pointed out that the main focus during the year was on the rehabilitation...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says he has initiated discussions with the Jamaica Public Service company Limited, for a reduction in cost to the government for street lights. The government is billed by the power generating company at a flat rate for street lights across the island. Mr. Arscott pointed out that paying for street...

The Trelawny Parish Council has welcomed a number of development projects for the parish that are being funded by the Sugar Transformation Unit (STU) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The projects comprise road rehabilitation and construction/upgrading of community infrastructure, including a school and a clinic. Lead assigned representative of the Council to the STU, and Councillor for the...

Mr. Speaker, I see my Constituency as a part of Jamaica’s representative democracy. I am honoured to be the representative of Eastern St. Andrew, in this Parliament. I am happy to serve the fine Jamaicans who want Jamaica to be their place of choice to live, work, study, and raise families. I also see Eastern St. Andrew as a part...

MONTEGO BAY - Seventeen residents of the Martha Brae in Trelawny received titles to their lands at a ceremony held in the community on Friday, May 3, under a titling initiative being carried out by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, who handed out the titles, told the residents that some...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government is moving to widen dental care to rural areas and to the most vulnerable in the society, and is also ensuring that the sector receives significant upgrading, in order to protect the safety of the public. Delivering the opening address at the 49th Annual Convention of the Jamaica Dental Association...

The parish of Kingston has 53 more Justices of the Peace (JPs), who were sworn in on April 30. The ceremony was held at the Leslie Ridout Hall, Kingston Bookshop Limited, in downtown Kingston, and presided over by Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller. In his charge to the new JPs, the Custos urged them to hold fast to the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says a task force is to be established to coordinate a series of government strategies aimed at enhancing rural development. Making her contribution to the 2013/14 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 30, under the theme: “Jamaica: Going for Growth and Development – Unleashing Our Potential”, Mrs. Simpson...

Several infrastructure projects now underway in Granville, St. James, have breathed new life into the community and provided more economic opportunities for the residents. Among the project now being pursued in earnest is the construction and rehabilitation of roadways, bridges, sidewalks and drainage systems as well as a training progamme for new business owners. Some 105 budding entrepreneurs from the...