Building a Better Jamaica

KINGSTON (JIS):
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Safety practices in the building and construction industry will come under increased scrutiny as the Government moves to ensure the protection of employees on work sites.

According to Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, safety is "serious business" and the Ministry will be ensuring that measures relating to best practices are being carried out.

Ingrid Brown Jamaica Observer
Tuesday, March 02, 2010

TWO river training projects are to begin in St Thomas on March 8, work that the authorities hope will give residents in that flood-prone parish improved protection this hurricane season.

Last Friday, two contracts, valued at over $31 million, were awarded to L & K Construction and Sean D Construction Company Limited which are expected to complete the work in the Yallahs River by this August.

BY MARK CUMMINGS Observer senior reporter cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, February 18, 2010

FALMOUTH, Trelawny — JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for Trelawny North, Senator Dennis Meadows, has welcomed plans by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to have the seaside town of Falmouth declared a Designated Area.

Published: Wednesday | February 17, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth:

Mayor of Black River, Jeremy Palmer, has appealed to persons in St Elizabeth to desist from the needless lighting of outdoor fires, as it was straining the resources of the fire brigade in the parish.

Speaking to journalists after the monthly meeting of the council last Thursday, the mayor called for a more robust public education programme to save properties from destruction.

MANDEVILLE (JIS):
Monday, February 15, 2010

Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, has appealed to persons in St. Elizabeth to desist from lighting fires, as this is causing a drain on the recourses of the fire brigade in the parish.

Speaking to journalists after the monthly meeting of the Council on February 11, the Mayor pointed out that there are laws governing the ways fires can be lit, and called for the public education programme to be stepped up, to save properties from being destroyed.

MANDEVILLE (JIS):
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service

Ground was broken on Friday (Jan. 22) for the rehabilitation of the 3.2 kilometres Greenfield Road in St. Elizabeth.

The work will be carried out at a cost of $32 million, with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) providing $27 million, and the remaining $5 million coming from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).

KINGSTON (JIS):
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service

The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI), will shortly commence a 3-year study of wind and solar to enhance the country's renewable energy options.

Friday, December 18, 2009
Jamaica Information Service

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Hon Dr. Kenneth Baugh has outlined measures to combat the effects of climate change.

Friday, December 18, 2009
Jamaica Observer

THE Government has signed loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), totalling US$31 million (J$2.7 billion), to cover justice and road improvement programmes.

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw signed both agreements Wednesday. They cover the Citizens Security and Justice Programme II and the Road Improvement Programme.

KINGSTON (JIS):
Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Government has signed loan agreements with the Inter-American Development

Bank (IDB), totalling US$31 Million (J$2.7 billion), to cover justice and road improvement programmes.

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon Audley Shaw, signed both agreements Wednesday (December 16). They cover: the Citizens Security and Justice Programme II; and the Road Improvement Programme.

Mr. Shaw welcomed the loans, stating that they would greatly assist the Government's