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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says he has initiated discussions with the Jamaica Public Service company Limited, for a reduction in cost to the government for street lights. The government is billed by the power generating company at a flat rate for street lights across the island. Mr. Arscott pointed out that paying for street...

The Trelawny Parish Council has welcomed a number of development projects for the parish that are being funded by the Sugar Transformation Unit (STU) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The projects comprise road rehabilitation and construction/upgrading of community infrastructure, including a school and a clinic. Lead assigned representative of the Council to the STU, and Councillor for the...

Mr. Speaker, I see my Constituency as a part of Jamaica’s representative democracy. I am honoured to be the representative of Eastern St. Andrew, in this Parliament. I am happy to serve the fine Jamaicans who want Jamaica to be their place of choice to live, work, study, and raise families. I also see Eastern St. Andrew as a part...

MONTEGO BAY - Seventeen residents of the Martha Brae in Trelawny received titles to their lands at a ceremony held in the community on Friday, May 3, under a titling initiative being carried out by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, who handed out the titles, told the residents that some...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says the Government is moving to widen dental care to rural areas and to the most vulnerable in the society, and is also ensuring that the sector receives significant upgrading, in order to protect the safety of the public. Delivering the opening address at the 49th Annual Convention of the Jamaica Dental Association...

The parish of Kingston has 53 more Justices of the Peace (JPs), who were sworn in on April 30. The ceremony was held at the Leslie Ridout Hall, Kingston Bookshop Limited, in downtown Kingston, and presided over by Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller. In his charge to the new JPs, the Custos urged them to hold fast to the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says a task force is to be established to coordinate a series of government strategies aimed at enhancing rural development. Making her contribution to the 2013/14 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 30, under the theme: “Jamaica: Going for Growth and Development – Unleashing Our Potential”, Mrs. Simpson...

Several infrastructure projects now underway in Granville, St. James, have breathed new life into the community and provided more economic opportunities for the residents. Among the project now being pursued in earnest is the construction and rehabilitation of roadways, bridges, sidewalks and drainage systems as well as a training progamme for new business owners. Some 105 budding entrepreneurs from the...

For the 2012/13 fiscal year, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) achieved its revenue target of $365 million. This was revealed by Deputy Mayor, Andrew Swaby, during a press conference at the Corporation’s offices in downtown Kingston, on April 16. He also informed that for the period, actual revenue inflows increased by 20 per cent over the previous year....

Residents of Sawyers in Trelawny are hailing the upgrading work done on the community’s primary school by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The project, undertaken at a cost of $21 million, included construction of a new sanitation block and reading room, erection of perimeter fencing, provision of water tanks, and an industrial stove and freezer for the canteen. Clevy...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, says the partnerships created during the last fiscal year, have been critical in improving the operations of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). “I am particularly pleased at the partnerships we are building, internally and externally,” she stated. “This will ensure that the objectives of the Corporation are met, as well as...

Some 105 small business owners from communities in West Central St. James are to benefit from a $26.5 million training programme, which will enable them to better manage and ensure the sustainability of their operations. The training, being conducted by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), got underway on Wednesday, April 10, at the Sunset Beach Hotel in Montego Bay,...