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The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the country earned some US$1.33 billion in foreign exchange from expenditure by visitors to Jamaica, between January and July this year. According to PIOJ Director General, Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, this represents a 3.6 per cent increase over the corresponding period last year. Speaking at the PIOJ's quarterly media briefing (July to...

Relief and recovery efforts are now underway in the town of Port Maria, St. Mary, following extensive flooding on November 11, when the town was engulfed by overflow from the Peggy and Ashram Rivers. Providing an update on the situation at the Jamaica House press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, State Minister in charge of Housing, in...

Some 20 families in the Mandela Terrace community in St. Andrew, who previously had no titles for the properties they occupy, now have legal access to those lands, having received their documents on November 7. The presentations to the recipients were made by Minister with responsibility for Housing in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy;...

The housing project, being undertaken by the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) and Food for the Poor, has been temporarily adjusted to focus on those, who have lost their homes due to the passage of Hurricane Sandy. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Tuesday, during...

Preliminary work has started on the construction of a new bridge in the community of Kintyre, Eastern St. Andrew. It will replace the structure that was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Richard Azan, toured the area on Thursday, where work is underway on a detour road, in the...

Founder and Executive Chairman of LASCO Affiliated Companies, Hon. Lascelles Chin, says he will be partnering with the government through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), to help retrain the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine. In addition to damaging his property, he noted that the silt from the river could clog up the port, which would cost the government...

Repair work has started on sections of the Rome Gully, which is adjacent to communities along the Lyndhurst Road/Rousseau Road corridor, in Kingston, in an effort to ensure the safety of residents and motorists in the area. The work, which commenced on October 31, include: cleaning of the gully; repacking, and extensive repair of existing damage. The gully suffered significant...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has issued instructions that the revision of the country’s building codes and regulations should be fast-tracked. In a statement to the House of Representatives on October 30, on preliminary estimates of the cost of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy across key sectors, Mrs. Simpson Miller said the speedy revision “will allow us...

The Government's job creating initiative, the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), has been reducing the number of unemployed persons, since its launch in March this year, with one participant describing it as a "Godsend." For 23 year-old Melissa McDonald of Kingston, the project is providing her with the job experience she needs for long term employment. Melissa, who has passes...

Corporate Communications Director at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, says up to 40 per cent of roads remain impassable up to Thursday evening. Mr. Shaw, who was speaking at a media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), today (October 25), said the NWA had responded to 150 reports of blocked corridors on main and parochial...

  The National Works Agency (NWA) is scheduled to undertake repair work on the Sligoville main road in St. Catherine, before the end of the 2012/13 financial year. The Sligoville road is often used as an alternative route whenever the Bog Walk Gorge, which is the main corridor linking the south to the north coast, is blocked. Director of Corporate...

  All is in place for work to begin on the construction of a two-lane Bailey bridge in Kintyre, St. Andrew, which will provide easier access for residents to the Corporate Area, whenever it rains. Corporate Communications Manager at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw, stated that: “We have everything in place, the design is complete, the contractor has...