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Co-ordinator of Disaster Preparedness at the St. Elizabeth Parish Council, Renee Bradford-Britton, has reported that the Council is continuing its disaster awareness efforts, through training and simulations, so that the parish can respond effectively to any emergency. She told JIS News that several vulnerable communities in St. Elizabeth have benefited from projects, geared toward disaster resilience. The projects, she said,...

The Rural Youth Employment Project, an initiative of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), will be seeking to reduce rural youth unemployment in the parishes of St. Thomas, Trelawny and Manchester. Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, explained that the project aims to reduce rural youth unemployment by increasing access to...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager, is urging investors who build structures in the parish to conform with the Parish Council's regulations, or face the consequence of those buildings being shut down and demolished, and sanctions imposed. Addressing a Mayor's Forum in Falmouth on April 29, Mr. Gager said the Trelawny Parish Council is no longer prepared to tolerate the...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Councillor Charles Sinclair, is currently leading an operation to remove all illegal signs, in violation of regulations governing their exhibition, from the town of Montego Bay. The operation got underway on Monday (April 26) and is being carried out in collaboration with the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF)....

Close to 30 youths from inner city communities in Kingston and St. Catherine have improved their employment chances through the Community Security Initiative's (CSI) Employment Readiness Programme, a customer service course. The course is accredited by City & Guilds and aims at improving the employability and customer service skills of the participants. Speaking at the awards ceremony at the Courtleigh...

After longing for potable water for years, over 3,000 residents of White Horses, Botany Bay, and Pamphret in St. Thomas are now enjoying a regular supply of the precious commodity. However, the supplier of the water is not the National Water Commission (NWC), but the White Horses/Botany Bay/Pamphret Water Supply System, one of four projects funded under the Government of...

The St. Thomas Parish Council will be intensifying a drain cleaning programme in the parish, in preparation for the up-coming Atlantic hurricane season, which lasts from June 1 to November 30. Some $2.5 million has been allocated by the Council for the programme, which is expected to continue over the next three months. Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Hanif Brown...

Hundreds of residents of communities in Southern St. James will have the opportunity to voice their concerns on matters affecting them when the St. James Parish Council's Mayor's Forum goes rural next Thursday, April 29. The event, slated for the Mount Carey Baptist Church, will mark the first time that the forum is being held outside of Montego Bay and...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Mr. Donovan Stanberry, has emphasised the need for Jamaica to aggressively pursue and exploit export opportunities for agricultural produce, in markets in CARICOM and the Diaspora. This, he contends, is necessary because of the need to source alternative markets for excess crop yields, resulting from six consecutive quarters of increased production...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Desmond McKenzie, has suggested that the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) be appointed the sole agency to collect and export scrap metal. He noted that the Authority would be ideal for this function as, for the past two years, the NSWMA has been doing a good job in the collection of scrap metal. Mayor McKenzie...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has urged land owners to pay their property taxes, which is an essential source of funding for Local Government activities. "I take this opportunity to encourage...all Jamaican property owners to co-operate and pay your taxes, because it is so essential to the basic requirements for the effective running of the country," Mr. McKenzie said....

Tel Aviv and Southside Benefit More than 1,000 residents in the communities of Southside and Tel Aviv in central Kingston have benefitted under the recently concluded Kingston Urban Renewal Programme (KURP). The programme is a joint Government of Jamaica (GoJ)/Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) social intervention initiative, managed and administered by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). The 18-month project was...