Funds have been allocated to carry out repairs on the Toll Gate to Grange Hill, and Grange Hill to Glasgow roads in Western Westmoreland. Member of Parliament for the area, Morland Wilson, made the disclosure as he opened the 2022/23 State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on September 13. He said that the thoroughfare from Toll...

Monday, September 19, the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty, The Queen, will not be observed as a public holiday in Jamaica. “It is not a discussion or a contemplation at this time; and I would have to be guided otherwise for a national holiday to be declared for this matter,” Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the...

Farmers in the constituency of St. Elizabeth North West are preparing to embark on a major castor bean project. Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, informed that the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) is in the process of establishing a project, aimed at using mined out bauxite lands to plant castor beans and intercrop these with cash...

Efforts are being made to remove the shift system from Bridgeport High School in Portmore, St. Catherine. Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Catherine South Eastern, where the institution is located, Robert Miller, says he has had intensive meetings with Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, and her team on the matter. “I am proud to announce that...

Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Mary Western, Robert Montague, is proposing the implementation of $20 billion infrastructure development programme that targets communities, housing schemes, farm roads, bridges, drains, and river training. Making his contribution to the 2022/23 Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 14), Mr. Montague said the funds should be allocated from one of...

A series of community interventions will be undertaken to identify persons who qualify for free birth certificates under Operation Birthright. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, says teams from the National Identification System (NIDS) Project and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will go into areas across the island, to sign-up persons who fit...

The Ministry of Justice is calling on members of churches/ faith-based organisations across Jamaica to take advantage of the training being offered in restorative justice practices. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said persons can reach out to the administrators at the 20 restorative justice centres island-wide by calling 888-JUSTICE or 888-587-8423, to indicate their wish to participate. The Minister was...