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Eighteen-year old Cornwall College student, Aubrey Stewart, is the new Junior Mayor for Montego Bay. He was among 17 students from 14 educational institutions vying for the title in the annual St.  James Junior Council Competition. The finals were held at the Montego Bay Civic Centre on Wednesday (November 21), where Aubrey got the nod of the adjudicating panel after...

MONTEGO BAY - Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, is urging the citizens of St. James, to participate in various activities that are being held in celebration of Community Month, for their own empowerment. The Mayor said the events are geared towards informing the citizens of issues relating to community development and how they (the citizens), can benefit from...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, is reminding persons staging entertainment activities within the Corporate Area that they require an amusement licence from the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Addressing a press conference prior to the start of the KSAC’s monthly meeting at its Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston on November 13, Mayor Brown Burke said these...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angella Brown Burke, is encouraging all vendors to take the necessary steps to register with the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and to display their identification cards at all times. This, she said, is very important as the KSAC will be taking the necessary steps to ensure that vending takes place in a safe and...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, and her team will take to the streets today to continue seeking out businesses that are still delinquent in the payment of trade licence fees in downtown Kingston. Senator Brown Burke said that in the ‘name and shame’ phase of the initiative, her team will be out in full force. “We will be...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), led by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, passed a Resolution for prescribed vending areas in downtown Kingston yesterday November  13, 2012. These designated areas are: New Chapel Lane from Beckford Street to Spanish Town Road (ground provision); Pechon Street from Beckford Street to Spanish Town Road; West Street from West Queen...

Repair work has started on sections of the Rome Gully, which is adjacent to communities along the Lyndhurst Road/Rousseau Road corridor, in Kingston, in an effort to ensure the safety of residents and motorists in the area. The work, which commenced on October 31, include: cleaning of the gully; repacking, and extensive repair of existing damage. The gully suffered significant...

Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon, has underscored the entity’s vision of becoming Jamaica’s leading community development agency and, in the process, helping to facilitate good governance, economic prosperity, and a sustainable environment across the society. Speaking at the first in a series of Parish Meetings, jointly hosted with the Ministry of Local Government and...

  All is in place for work to begin on the construction of a two-lane Bailey bridge in Kintyre, St. Andrew, which will provide easier access for residents to the Corporate Area, whenever it rains. Corporate Communications Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, stated that: “We have everything in place, the design is complete, the contractor has...

  Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Angella Brown-Burke,  says the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be making some funds available to its Councillors to assist in the clean-up effort, following the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Mrs. Brown-Burke, who was on a tour of several areas within the Municipality to get a first hand view of the...

The Manchester Parish Council is welcoming the move by Government to strengthen the country’s system of environmental planning and regulation, through the establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA). Spatial/Physical Planner at the Council, Ryan Wallace, told JIS that if the ERA is implemented then it should have powers to be able to make arrests so as to enforce the...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, says a Bill to facilitate entrenchment of the local government structure in Jamaica’s Constitution, is to be tabled in Parliament shortly. This action forms a pivotal part of the process of local government reform, currently being embarked on by the administration. Speaking at the first in a series of Town Hall...