Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has instructed that $100,000 be given to each "Youth Mayor" for a project that is "substantial and long lasting." Speaking at the Prime Minister's...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, has commended 16 past members of the Trelawny Parish Council, for giving...

As of today (December 1), persons applying to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), to mount display boards promoting events, will be required to pay a cess of $50,000....

With the consultations on local government reform completed, Cabinet submissions are being prepared, to facilitate the issuing of drafting instructions for the 14 laws, which are to be repealed as...

Students from several high schools in St. Mary participated in a St. Mary Youth Council meeting, organised by the St. Mary Parish Council on Thursday, November 19. The event, which...

The Department of Local Government is turning to green technology in a major thrust to cut expenditure at the local government level. One of the areas being looked at is...

His Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, says that downtown Kingston can look forward to a number of positive developments in 2010. The Mayor, who was speaking at...

Despite financial constraints, the St. Ann Parish Council will continue to reach out to indigent persons in the parish through its street feeding programme. Administrator for the Parish Council, Ms....

Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar and Chairman of the Westmoreland Parish Council, Councillor Bertel Moore, has bemoaned the deterioration of proper values and attitudes, especially among students. The Mayor urged parents and...

The long awaited reform of Jamaica's Local Government system, to empower the Councils to be more efficient and responsive, is expected to be completed in June, 2010. Minister of State...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Elizabeth and State Minister for Agriculture, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has projected that Maggotty's new sausage factory will be of tremendous benefit to agricultural...