GROUND is to be broken for the construction of a $450-million Type V health facility in Portmore in July this year as the Government moves another step further in giving the Sunshine City parish status. This is according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who said the facility, which “is practically a hospital” will eventually be developed into a full-fledged hospital a vital infrastructure necessary for an area to be deemed.
Amid the low voter turnout in the 2016 local government elections, 14 divisions saw winning candidates raking in more than eight per cent of the votes cast, with 11 of those divisions in Kingston and St Andrew. The remaining four such divisions.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda says the outcry over water supply disruptions in parts of St Catherine stems from a "fundamental misunderstanding" that there will be.
With rehabilitation works on a major well that affects areas in St Catherine and the Corporate Area slated to start today, residents are fuming that the National Water Commission (NWC) has left them out of the loop. The project involves repairs.