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Cleaning up activities will be conducted on a number of beaches in Portland today as the parish observes International Beach Clean Up Day. The effort will be spearheaded by the Portland Environment Protection Association (PEPA), in collaboration with the National Environmental Societies Trust and the United States Peace Corps, with funding from the Canadian Green Fund. Marguerite Gauron, President PEPA,...

The National Council for Senior Citizens (NCSC) has recognised 11 persons, two senior citizens clubs and one service organisation from the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth for their outstanding contribution to the Council. The regional awards ceremony was hosted by the NCSC on Tuesday (Sept. 16) at the St. James Methodist Church Hall in May Pen, under the...

The St. Thomas Fire Department has started a public education programme on fire prevention regulations, aimed at reducing the number of fires in the parish. Deputy Superintendent of the Fire Department, Louiston Gooden, told JIS News that members of the fire prevention department have been visiting schools, community clubs and churches in the parish to give lectures on "what to...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Development Committee (PDC) has organised a fish fry to raise money for the upgrading of the Sandy Bank Primary School in Junction. The event will be held on Sunday, September 20, at the Jack Sprat Restaurant in Treasure Beach beginning at noon and Jason Henzell, Chairman of the PDC, is inviting residents to come out and...

Delford Morgan, Mayor of Savanna-la-mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council, has called for improvements to the parish's fire department so that it could effectively deal with fires and other emergencies. This call comes against the background of reports of lack of necessary fire-fighting equipment at the Westmoreland Fire Department, in addition to "limping units and mal-functioning fire hydrants."...

Senator Floyd Morris, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, has said that the Poor Relief Act, the existing legislation that governed the Jamaican social welfare system, had long outlived its purpose and would be revamped. Cabinet has authorised the drafting of a National Assistance Act to replace the 117-year old law, the first draft of...

Seventeen physically and mentally challenged children from the Mustard Seed community of Widow's Mite, in Murray Mount, St. Ann, have benefited from the donation of a four-burner gas stove, valued at $25,000, for the preparation of their meals. The stove, donated by the Optimist Club of Bamboo in the parish, was handed over on Tuesday (Sept. 16) to the institution....

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The problem of garbage pile up in Westmoreland should be addressed shortly with the acquisition of two compactor trucks by the Parish Council. Delford Morgan, Mayor of Savanna-la-mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council, told JIS News yesterday (Sept.16), that in addition to the compactors, which should be delivered by the end of October, trucks from St. James would...

Executive Director of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Franklin McDonald, has appealed to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to take its place on the Committee to Rehabilitate Kingston Harbour. Mr. McDonald made the plea on Monday (Sept.15), at a seminar held for KSAC Councillors at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, while responding to concerns, about...

Commerce, Science and Technology Minister, Phillip Paulwell, has urged consumers and businesses to utilise the "private right of action" provision under the Fair Competition Act, to resolve disputes arising from the uncompetitive behaviour of firms. Minister Paulwell said that the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) was increasingly becoming "the institution of first resort in resolving anti-competitive activities. Citing the increasing number...

Approximately 70 per cent of complaints made against merchants to the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) relate to misleading advertising. This was stated by Complaints Officer at the FTC, Lyndel McDonald in an interview with JIS News. "Misleading advertising is pretty wide-scale, consumers have been misled with respect to prices, with respect to features and capabilities of various items [and] with...