Mayor of Kingston, Senator Desmond McKenzie, has suggested that the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) be appointed the sole agency to collect and export scrap metal. He noted that...

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has urged land owners to pay their property taxes, which is an essential source of funding for Local Government activities. "I take this opportunity...

Tel Aviv and Southside Benefit More than 1,000 residents in the communities of Southside and Tel Aviv in central Kingston have benefitted under the recently concluded Kingston Urban Renewal Programme...

The Ministry of Water and Housing recently allocated $30 million to Parish Councils throughout Jamaica, to assist in the trucking of water, as a way to help address the severe...

Former Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Mr. Paxton Lloyd Scott, passed away on Sunday, March 21, in Lamesa, Texas, in the United States of America, where he underwent medical treatment...

The St. Ann Health Department is aiming to reduce the number of cases of gastroenteritis occurring in the parish. Medical Officer of Health for the parish, Dr. Patrick Wheatle, confirmed...

The St. Elizabeth Parish Council has doubled its complement of municipal police officers, by swearing in eight more on Thursday (March 11). At the installation ceremony at the Council chamber,...

There has been a slow down in the implementation of Rural Electrification Programme (REP) projects in Hanover. This has been primarily attributed to the lack of funds and, as a...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Delroy Chuck, has called on residents of Kingston to unite to transform and rehabilitate the city of Kingston into the place of choice...

The Municipal Police Corps of the Department of Local Government has been strengthened with the addition of 28 new officers to increase the establishment to 180 members. The new officers,...

Several historic buildings in the town of Falmouth, Trelawny, are to be restored and others receiving a face-lift, through the joint effort of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises and...