The operations of seven of the island's Parish Councils have been significantly boosted by the addition of 25 newly recruited municipal police officers to their staff. The group, comprising 17 males and eight females, graduated after completing a six-week municipal police training course at the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Academy at Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. They have been assigned to...

Attorney General, Patrick Atkinson, has announced plans to lobby for the ownership of the cruise ship pier in Falmouth to be turned over to the Trelawny Parish Council. In making his contribution to the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 29, Mr. Atkinson said following this transfer of ownership, a board consisting of “Trelwany’s well-thinking citizens”...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Dr. Dayton Campbell, has recommended that the Government increase the number of teaching hospitals across the island. This, he said, is critical, as the country aims to attain first world health status and provide holistic care for nationals. “Hospitals (that can) be targeted include Spanish Town, Mandeville Regional Hospital, St. Ann’s Bay...

Community members of TyDixon, in North West St. Catherine, came out in their numbers to lend a hand in the refurbishing of the Basic School on Labour Day (May 23). Principal, Mrs. Marcia Campbell, was extremely elated at the work done by Rural Water Supplies Limited, which has adopted the school. "Rural Water has really brightened up my day, we...

Several roadways in North Western St. Ann have been fixed under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP). Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Dayton Campbell, made the announcement during his contribution to the 2013/2014 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 21. He informed that so far, work has started or has been completed on the main...

Member of Parliament for St. Ann, North Western, Dr. Dayton Campbell, is urging the National Water Commission (NWC) to provide potable water to several sections of the Constituency, which are now without the commodity. He pointed out that only 24 per cent of the constituency is provided with potable water. “This is way below what could ever be deemed as...

The St. Thomas Parish Council is to build three houses for three families at a cost of just over $400,000 this Labour Day (May 23). They will be constructed in the communities of Spring Garden and Botany Bay, and will benefit persons who are homeless, including a mother of four, who had to give up two of her children to...

The Portmore Fire Station in Waterford, St. Catherine is set to receive a well-needed facelift at a cost of $1.5 million, as part of activities for Labour Day. The station, which currently serves the entire Municipality, has been selected as the major project for the Jamaica Fire Brigade. Works to be done include painting, tiling, basic landscaping, tree planting, removal...

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...