The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has received 70,000 Pounds Sterling (J$12.6 million) from the British High Commission, to fund its Community Bush Fire Management Education Programme. “We will be using this...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, yesterday (Nov. 27) launched work on the US$1.8 million project for the rehabilitation of the access road to the Riverton...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, on Wednesday, November 25, officially opened the Council Chamber of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council, which was built at a...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, is encouraging Jamaicans to familiarise themselves with local governance procedures and the reform process now...

Three strategic laws, which are the fundamental planks to undergird Local Government Reform, were passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, November 10. The Bills are the Local Governance...

Nineteen-year-old Montego Bay Community College student, Mirakay Collins, is the 2015/16 Junior Mayor for Montego Bay. She won the coveted title from a field of 17 students, who participated in...

The St. James Parish Council will be spending $15 million to improve access to sidewalks along major thoroughfares in Montego Bay, particularly for persons who are physically challenged. Montego Bay’s...

Thirty residents of Cambridge and surrounding areas in Southern St. James have been trained and certified as fire wardens. The community volunteers successfully completed a course in the proper management...