The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), is making significant strides in the turnaround time for development applications, with 174 submissions made to its Building and Town Planning Committee for the month of December. Speaking at the KSAC’s first town hall meeting for 2014, at St. Luke’s Anglican Church Hall, in Cross Roads, on February 19, Acting Director of Planning...

Senior Director in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Robert Hill, is to take up the post of Town Clerk in early March. He will replace Errol Greene, who has been seconded to the St. Thomas Parish Council. Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, who made the disclosure at the monthly Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC)...

The access road to Jamaica’s largest landfill, located at Riverton City in St. Andrew, is to be repaired at a cost of US$1 million. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, made the announcement during a visit to the landfill on January 22, to view the roadway. He was accompanied by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is reminding vendors to ply their wares in the designated vending areas, particularly downtown Kingston. Speaking at the monthly KSAC meeting held on Tuesday, January 14, at Council chambers, Church Street, downtown Kingston, Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, said the situation on Beckford Street, where vendors utilise the sidewalks and streets...

Registration of handcart operators will resume on Monday, January 20, in the St. William Grant Park, downtown Kingston, says Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke. The Mayor said this will allow those operators who have not yet come on board, the opportunity to regularise themselves. She added that the registration will also include sky juice vendors, who were not...

Beginning this month, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will restart its Town Hall Meetings across sections of the corporate area. Speaking at the monthly KSAC meeting held at Council chambers, Church Street, downtown Kingston on January 14, Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, informed that the intention is to do at least four for the calendar year....

Town Clerk at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), Errol Greene, is to demit office shortly. This was disclosed by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, at the monthly KSAC meeting held on Tuesday, January 14, at Council chambers, Church Street, downtown Kingston. Mr. Greene, who will be going on pre-retirement leave from the KSAC, will be placed...