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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...

The Ministry of Water and Housing recently allocated $30 million to Parish Councils throughout Jamaica, to assist in the trucking of water, as a way to help address the severe water woes being faced by Jamaicans, as the drought continues. This brings to $63 million the total amount that has been allocated to Parish Councils to take water to affected...

Former Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Mr. Paxton Lloyd Scott, passed away on Sunday, March 21, in Lamesa, Texas, in the United States of America, where he underwent medical treatment for cancer. Mr. Scott, who was 77 years old, served as Deputy Mayor in the early 1970s and as a Councillor for the Rose Hal-Salt Spring Division. As a member...

The St. Ann Health Department is aiming to reduce the number of cases of gastroenteritis occurring in the parish. Medical Officer of Health for the parish, Dr. Patrick Wheatle, confirmed that the increase in cases was picked up by the surveillance programme. He was speaking at the North East Regional Health Authority's World Water Day Exhibition, at the Ocean Village...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council has doubled its complement of municipal police officers, by swearing in eight more on Thursday (March 11). At the installation ceremony at the Council chamber, Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, charged the new officers to serve without partiality but with restraint in their use of force. "The power of the office is not...

There has been a slow down in the implementation of Rural Electrification Programme (REP) projects in Hanover. This has been primarily attributed to the lack of funds and, as a result, Councillors in the Hanover Parish Council have been advised to seek assistance from their Members of Parliament, through their Community Development Fund (CDF) allocation, to carry on the projects....

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has called on residents of Kingston to unite to transform and rehabilitate the city of Kingston into the place of choice for visitors to the Caribbean. Mr. Chuck said he was very displeased at the state that the city has fallen into and believed Jamaicans needed to work together to restore...

The Municipal Police Corps of the Department of Local Government has been strengthened with the addition of 28 new officers to increase the establishment to 180 members. The new officers, who participated in a five-week basic municipal police training course at the Jamaica Police Academy, Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, between February 1 and March 4, represent the seventh cohort intake...

Several historic buildings in the town of Falmouth, Trelawny, are to be restored and others receiving a face-lift, through the joint effort of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises and IDEA Orlando, Florida, in the United States. This was disclosed by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IDEA, Mr. Hugh Darley, whose company is responsible for leading the Falmouth restoration effort,...