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The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be seeking to increase the fine for urinating in a public place from the current $1,000 to $20,000 to dissuade persons from carrying out such acts and to use sanitary public conveniences. Mayor of Kingston Councillor Desmond McKenzie made the disclosure on Tuesday (April 13) during the KSAC's monthly press briefing at...

Farmers in St. Catherine are now utilising a tractor for land preparation at a subsidised cost. The unit was recently assigned to the Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) parish office in St. Catherine. The vehicle is one of six under the JAS Tractor Tillage Service, which was handed over to the JAS by the Development Bank of Jamaica through the Ministry...

Mayor of Kingston Councillor Desmond McKenzie issued a stern warning to operators of illegal roadside garages on Tuesday (April 13), that the Council would within the next two weeks commence operations to shut down such operations. He was speaking at the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation's (KSAC) monthly press briefing at its Church Street offices. The Mayor informed that the...

Plans for a major overhaul of the May Pen Cemetery have received a further boost as the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) was on Tuesday (April 13) presented with a cheque of $250,000 by Life of Jamaica Limited (LoJ) toward that project. The donation is the first in a series of contributions from that corporate body. Speaking at the...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has said that despite resource constraints, the provision of essential services would not be compromised and assured the trade unions that the agreement arrived at in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), concerning the protection of public sector jobs, would not be breached. "All ministries have had to undertake a very careful management of their recurrent...

Cabinet on Tuesday (April 13) approved the compulsory acquisition of lands in Kingston and St. James for the provision of additional housing solutions for Jamaicans. In Kingston, property located on Spanish Town Road will be obtained for the construction of 216 housing units by the National Housing Trust (NHT) as part of its Inner City Housing Project. The Commissioner of...

Cabinet has approved the procurement of six straddle carriers at a cost of US$3.9 million by the Port Authority of Jamaica for the Kingston Container Terminal. The equipment will be bought from Kalmar Industries OY AD of Finland, which last year also supplied 12 units for the Terminal. The units to be acquired are 2003 models, which will conform to...

The Government is putting the final arrangements in place for the construction of a new police station in Falmouth, Trelawny, which will also serve the parishes of St. Ann and St. James. Making the announcement at yesterday's (April 13) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman said that the facility, to be built at a cost...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) yesterday (April 13) moved a resolution to revisit the parking regulations in sections of downtown Kingston to allow for permits to be granted to businesses within the business district to load and unload merchandise during the work week. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie made the announcement at the monthly press briefing at...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has said that despite resource constraints, the provision of essential services would not be compromised and assured the trade unions that the agreement arrived at in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), concerning the protection of public sector jobs, would not be breached. "All ministries have had to undertake a very careful management of their recurrent...

Cabinet on Tuesday (April 13) approved the compulsory acquisition of lands in Kingston and St. James for the provision of additional housing solutions for Jamaicans. In Kingston, property located on Spanish Town Road will be obtained for the construction of 216 housing units by the National Housing Trust (NHT) as part of its Inner City Housing Project. The Commissioner of...

Cabinet has approved the procurement of six straddle carriers at a cost of US$3.9 million by the Port Authority of Jamaica for the Kingston Container Terminal. The equipment will be bought from Kalmar Industries OY AD of Finland, which last year also supplied 12 units for the Terminal. The units to be acquired are 2003 models, which will conform to...