Government Senator and Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, says the Administration continues to put local government at the centre of its development agenda. “Housing projects are inextricably linked to local government; housing projects do not happen without local government. Commercial activity does not happen without local government. Major infrastructural developments do not happen without local government. In fact,...

Chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collen Gager, has outlined plans for the further development of the Falmouth Transportation Centre. Speaking at a recent press briefing, Mayor Gager described the Centre as a “work in progress”, noting that, so far, more than $40 million has been spent to upgrade the Centre and that there are...

The Government’s plans for the development of Lucea could include relocating the township to make it more climate resistant and keeping the existing location as a historic site. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who was speaking to vendors during a tour of the Cleveland Stanhope Market on Friday (Jan. 19), said the Government may have to, at some...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, broke ground for the construction of a new matron’s quarters at the Hanover Infirmary on Friday (January 19). The building is being constructed at a cost of some $16 million, and the addition of furnishings is expected to bring that total to $20 million. During the proceedings, a therapeutic park was also officially...

Ninety-five-year-old Alfonso Bruce, a resident of Russia in Westmoreland is set to benefit from the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme under which he will be provided with a new home. The initiative, which is administered through the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Municipal Social Assistance (MSA) programme and executed by the Poor Relief Department, is designed to address the...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is increasing the use of technology and advancing training to improve its response to earthquakes and other disasters. JFB Assistant Commissioner, Alrick Hacker, shared that the Drone Unit, which was being piloted up to last year, is now operational. Addressing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Earthquake Awareness Month Press Launch on...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says earthquake awareness and preparedness should be a year-round activity. This is given Jamaica’s vulnerability to earthquakes due to its geographical location along the northern margin of the Caribbean Plate and the presence of active faults on the island. “We need to ensure that our programme of information and education...