The Development Assistance Centre (DAC), which has been set up at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), to reduce the turnaround time for the processing of building applications, should...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding today toured sections of Tivoli Gardens, his first visit to his West Kingston constituency since the Security Forces intervened in the community on May 23. Mr....

The Jamaica Red Cross has continued to provide relief for residents of Tivoli Gardens, having expended some $7 million in food and medical supplies since it began humanitarian assistance in...

The National Meteorological Service has announced that, effective this hurricane season, watches and warnings will be issued 12 hours earlier than in previous years. The announcement was made by Director,...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has said that his organisation has spent some $98 million on project-based interventions in preparing the...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) yesterday (May 31) met with residents of West Kingston and stakeholder groups that work in the area, in an effort to assess the...

President of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ), Byron Buckley, has lauded members of the media for the level of courage they have displayed in covering the police/military operation in...

There needs to be a collective period of internal cleansing and purging on the part of all Jamaicans as the nation recovers from the recent unrest in sections of West...

To enable the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) to better serve its many clients, consideration is being given to expanding the complement of staff. LAMP, which operates out of...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is developing a welfare plan, which will address the needs of children affected by the police/military operation in West Kingston. Deputy...

At least 10,000 children and adults affected by the security operation in West Kingston have been receiving food supplies along with medical assistance since Wednesday (May 26). Assistance is being...