The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is to disburse $15 million to the St. Ann Municipal Corporation for emergency repairs at the St. Ann’s Bay Market in the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public that the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (MSJ) has reported of a flash flood watch now in effect...

Custos Rotulorum for Clarendon, Hon. Edith Chin, on Friday (September 20), handed over one of two retrofitted container houses, developed under an initiative she spearheads, to a family residing in...

KINGSTON, Sept. 21 (JIS): The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is currently building out the island’s first Maritime Cluster. This is in keeping with the entity’s mandate to develop the...

KINGSTON, September 20 (JIS): The Social Development Commission (SDC) hosted a two-day business clinic on September 18 and 19, which was aimed at empowering grassroots entrepreneurs. The event, which was...

KINGSTON, September 20 (JIS): Residents, including school children, in Wood Hall, Clarendon, have welcomed the free Wi-Fi hotspot to their community, under the Universal Service Fund (USF) initiative to increase...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has emphasised the importance of collaboration in improving Jamaica’s disaster management. “As a country, we have to take disasters seriously,...

The flagship initiative of the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Boosting Innovation, Growth, and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme, continues to empower local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and foster...