With an increase in the number of malicious false alarm calls in 2024, the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is once again urging Jamaicans to stop making prank calls to the...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is urging persons to adopt a simple yet life-saving habit of closing their bedroom doors while sleeping. Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford, told JIS News that...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is eyeing the Independence period as a timeline for the completion and reopening of the Buff Bay market in Portland....

The St. James Municipal Corporation and Mastercard have forged a partnership to digitise payment systems for traders operating at the Harbour Street and Old Fort Craft Markets in Montego Bay....

The recently appointed three-member panel to conduct an administrative review of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) building approval process will be providing recommendations for reform. The review...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) says a comprehensive report on the progress of removing garbage from the Morant Bay landfill in St. Thomas to the Riverton landfill in...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is clamping down on illegal dumping sites or mini dumps in St. Thomas communities. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the St. Thomas...

Multi-times Olympic champion and sprint legend, Hon. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, has been bestowed with the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation’s highest honour, the Key to the City. The special recognition...