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Prime Minister breaks ground...(JIS) REPLYREPLY ALLFORWARD Mark as unread Godfrey Barnes Fri 2/17/2017 5:36 PM Show all 36 recipients To: JIS Webteam; Lorraine Walker-Mendez; Taja Simpson; JIS NEWS; Andrea Hoo Fung; ; 'Caribseek News' ;... Flag for follow up. Completed on Saturday, February 18, 2017. 4 attachments 20170217_12~.jpg 20170217_12~.jpg 20170217_12~.jpg Bay Farm Villa.doc Download all Pic. 125755 Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd left), is briefed on developments related to the $131.9 million (US$1.03 million) Bay Farm Villa Sewerage Project in West Central St. Andrew, by National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett (right), during Friday’s (February 17) groundbreaking ceremony. Also listening (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; caretaker/councillor for the Molynes Division of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Glendon Salmon; Managing Director of Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited, which will execute the project on behalf of the NWC, Leslie Chang; and NWC Deputy Chairman, Baron Stewart.' />
Prime Minister breaks ground...(JIS) REPLYREPLY ALLFORWARD Mark as unread Godfrey Barnes Fri 2/17/2017 5:36 PM Show all 36 recipients To: JIS Webteam; Lorraine Walker-Mendez; Taja Simpson; JIS NEWS; Andrea Hoo Fung; 'Caribbean Journal' ; 'Caribseek News' ;... Flag for follow up. Completed on Saturday, February 18, 2017. 4 attachments 20170217_12~.jpg 20170217_12~.jpg 20170217_12~.jpg Bay Farm Villa.doc Download all Pic. 125755 Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd left), is briefed on developments related to the $131.9 million (US$1.03 million) Bay Farm Villa Sewerage Project in West Central St. Andrew, by National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett (right), during Friday’s (February 17) groundbreaking ceremony. Also listening (from left) are: Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; caretaker/councillor for the Molynes Division of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Glendon Salmon; Managing Director of Surrey Paving and Aggregate Company Limited, which will execute the project on behalf of the NWC, Leslie Chang; and NWC Deputy Chairman, Baron Stewart.

Prime Minister Breaks Ground for $132 Million Sewerage Project in Bay Farm Villa

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on February 17, broke ground for the $131.9 million (US$1.03 million) Bay Farm Villa Sewerage Project in West Central St. Andrew. The five-month development is being spearheaded by the National Water Commission (NWC)...
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (3rd right), converses with workmen involved in the road expansion project by the National Works Agency (NWA) on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, during a tour of the area on Friday, September 16. (FILE)
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (3rd right), converses with workmen involved in the road expansion project by the National Works Agency (NWA) on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston, during a tour of the area on Friday, September 16. (FILE)

Upgrading of Marcus Garvey Drive on Schedule

Hurricane Victims of Caribbean Terrace To Benefit from Housing Development
Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the Hon. C. Everald Warmington, MP, makes his contribution to the 2016/2017 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 06, 2016. (File)
Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the Hon. C. Everald Warmington, MP, makes his contribution to the 2016/2017 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 06, 2016. (File)

National Clean-Up Exercise
Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) Project Manager, Christopher Hamilton.
Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) Project Manager, Christopher Hamilton.

$230M Renovation for Reynolds Pier

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Phase-Three Works On North Gully Under Way

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