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The crime-fighting capacity of Jamaica’s Constabulary Force is again being strengthened, following the breaking of ground for the construction of a new police station in Little London, Westmoreland.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is developing an application to facilitate easier registration of Jamaican nationals travelling or living overseas.

Noranda Jamaica Bauxite Partners has broken ground for a plant nursery in St. Ann that will support the entity’s ‘Operation Discovery Tree’ project, aimed at planting 200,000 trees over the next three years.

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has received a grant of some US$211,000 from the government of Japan under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project for the the purchase of two compactor trucks.

Jamaican businesses and entrepreneurs are invited to register early for the World Free Zone Organization (WFZO’s) Annual International Conference and Exhibition 2022.

A four-month-long series of activities has been organized to incorporate Jamaicans in the diaspora residing in Canada in activities for the island’s 60th anniversary of Independence.

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr has announced that the staging of in-person agricultural food shows will return this year, following the recent withdrawal of the disaster risk management orders.

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie has announced that the community of Gregory Park will be the site of the first market to be established in Portmore.

Approximately 5,000 students who registered for the National Coding in Schools Programme are expected to begin training this month.

Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) attached to the Franklyn Town Police Station in Kingston can now better serve residents following extensive refurbishing of the facility.

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be undertaking electrification and water supply projects in Chamber’s Pen, Hanover as part of its Rural Electrification Programme (REP), being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF).

The Government will be undertaking repairs to road and water systems as well as providing housing solutions for indigent persons in several communities in Westmoreland.