Roundabout JA

Residents in Southern Manchester to benefit from rehabilitated roadways in the coming months.

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Approximately 12,000 Jamaicans awaiting medical procedures under the Cuba-Jamaica Eye Programme, will start receiving treatment when the initiative resumes, during the first quarter of this year.

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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams says planning is now underway for the highly anticipated commemoration of Reggae Month in February. Mayor Williams says the annual celebration, which is an important line item on the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC’s) calendar of events, will again seek to showcase the best of Jamaica’s culture.

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the government is pursuing a deliberate and robust approach to addressing, what he terms as, the mental health crises facing Jamaicans. Highlighting poor mental health as a common concern, Mr. Holness says there is the need for proactive steps to be taken in partnership with the church, to prevent private issues from becoming matters of public health.

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Scores of homeless persons and some of St. Ann’s most vulnerable residents were treated to hot meals on January 2 by Correctional Officer and Philanthropist, Donovan Small, in collaboration with members of the Bamboo United Pentecostal Church.

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The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport has finished shortlisting candidates for the Prime Minister’s Diamond Jubilee Awards, which will recognise 30 women and 30 men who have contributed significantly to Jamaica’s development since Independence.

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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and Hardware and Lumber (H&L) have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the provision of garbage receptacles across the island.

 

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Twenty-seven young men and women in St. James have been equipped to take up well-paying jobs in commercial/articulated truck driving, having successfully completed a six-month training programme.

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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), in collaboration with Municipal Corporations islandwide, will be rolling out a special cleanup programme during the Yuletide season.

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Prime Minister, Andrew Holness says sites have been identified for the establishment of two new landfills in Jamaica, as part of efforts to improve Jamaica’s solid waste management system. There are currently eight waste disposal sites across the island.

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Lennon High School in Clarendon has rewarded three of its students, Karysse Allen, Devon Anderson, and Damaine Carridice for good deeds performed at the institution. At Lennon students are singled out by various officials when they show kindness to others and rewarded for their behaviour.

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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie officially opened a therapeutic park at the St. James Infirmary on November 23. The park, which is designed to cater to the physical, psychological, and social well-being of residents, boasts recreational spaces, a mural and water fountains.

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Six students at Lennon High School in Clarendon have received education grants from Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Robert Morgan. The beneficiaries are some of the top Primary Exit Profile (PEP) students at the school.

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Jamaicans are invited to attend this year’s Tourism Health and Wellness Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James on November 24 and 25. Chairman, Health and Wellness Linkages Network, Kyle Mais, says the conference aims to strengthen connections between the health and wellness industry and other sectors, particularly manufacturing and agriculture.

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