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Residents of Portmore have been encouraged to come up with projects that will benefit their communities and work towards implementing them. The call came from Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, at a Visioning Symposium, held yesterday (March 6), at the Portmore HEART Academy in Portmore, under the...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is working on the establishment of a traffic management centre for Montego Bay, as part of a comprehensive traffic management programme for the tourist capital. The programme will also involve putting in closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and an incident management system. NWA Manager of Communications and Customer Services, Mr. Stephen Shaw, informed that the...

It was standing room only at the Sean Lavery Faith Hall in Savanna-la-mar yesterday (March 1), as representatives of political, social and business groups and ordinary residents turned out in numbers for the Westmoreland leg of the Parish Visioning Symposia. The Westmoreland symposium was the eight in a series of sessions being staged in parishes across the island by the...

Mayor of Mandeville, Councilor Brenda Ramsay, and Mayor of May Pen, Councilor Milton Brown, have welcomed the newly established South Coast Chapter of the Realtors Association of Jamaica. "Owning a home is desirous for most persons, and when they are doing so, they need the best professional and honest advice. Your organisation is most welcomed, and must be that source...

Mayor of the Municipality of Portmore, in St. Catherine, Keith Hinds, is calling for the operators of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 to place five per cent of all monthly gains at the toll into a special fund, which would go towards rehabilitating the roadways in the community. The Mayor proposes that the fund be called the Portmore Road...

A ban on cigarette smoking will shortly be introduced within the entire designated area of Emancipation Square in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The Square will be the first Smokefree Square in the Caribbean, when a declaration is officially unveiled in March. The initiative is a joint project of the Smoke Free Action Coalition in Spanish Town and the St. Catherine...

Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, has appealed to persons in St. Elizabeth to desist from lighting fires, as this is causing a drain on the recourses of the fire brigade in the parish. Speaking to journalists after the monthly meeting of the Council on February 11, the Mayor pointed out that there are laws governing the ways fires...

The first parish symposium under the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan, which aims to make Jamaica a place of choice to live, work and raise families and do business in 20 years' time, was hosted by St. Thomas, today (February 15). Hundreds flocked the Baptist Church Hall in Knightsville, Yallahs, St. Thomas to participate in the multi-faceted forum, which...

Hanover will have a new Family Court building in another seven months, as a plot of land located on Watson Taylor Drive in the town of Lucea was handed over to contractors Thursday (February 4) for construction of the facility. The construction cost and furnishing of the facility will be underwritten by the European Union (EU) to the tune of...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Shahine Robinson, has called on all Parliamentarians to use the $20 million earmarked for them in the 2009-2010 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) as a way to uplift the Jamaican people. Participating in the debate on the economy in Parliament earlier this week , Minister Robinson said, "As leaders we need...

His Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, and a number of Councillors and staff of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) took to the streets of the Corporate Area again on New Year's Day (January 1),to feed and support hundreds of homeless persons, indigents and children in homes. Executive Director of the Digicel Foundation, Major General Robert...

About 500 indigent adults and children in Morant Bay and surrounding communities in St. Thomas, will be feted by the Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Hanif Brown, at the annual Mayor's treat, scheduled to take place on Thursday, December 24, at the Anglican Church Hall in Morant Bay, beginning at 3:00 p.m. The event, organised by the St. Thomas Parish...