The Government is targeting the establishment of additional water shops across the island this year. “We will complete the water shops at Commodore in Portland and Myersville in St. Elizabeth....

Work to construct two fire stations in Ulster Spring, Trelawny, and Balaclava, St. Elizabeth, is expected to commence this year. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie,...

In another two weeks, the Government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with financial institutions to participate in the national pilot of the National Identification System (NIDS). This was...

More than 4,000 building permits, valued at $130.6 billion, were issued by the Local Authorities in the last financial year. This is a 24.5 per cent increase over the total...

Jamaica’s first ever adult transitional facility for homeless persons is slated to officially open on Friday (May 27) by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The state-of-the-art centre, located...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has informed that a comprehensive review and renovation of markets is to begin this year. “We have heard the pleas...

A task force is being set up to facilitate a national clean-up programme for the country. The task force, which will be seeking to restore public order in the society,...

Six thousand young people were engaged in 2021, under the Youth Summer Employment Programme. They were deployed across the country to assist in implementing the COVID-19 support programme, under the...