Enforcement officers from the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be deployed during Carnival to ensure compliance with garbage collection regulations.

The enforcement is part of measures being implemented at this year’s staging of Carnival to prevent a recurrence of last year’s garbage pile-up.

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The Agriculture Ministry will be expanding its scholarship offerings for high school students who wish to pursue tertiary-level education.

Portfolio Minister Floyd Green said he will announce details of the scholarships during his Sectoral Debate presentation in May.

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President of the People's National Party Mark Golding has opined that Jamaica Labour Party Leader Andrew Holness has no wider real life experience having only served in politics.

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The national school garden programme is being expanded through a $20 m funding support from the ministry of agriculture.

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Senator Delano Seiveright is seeking to represent the Jamaica Labour Party in North Central St. Andrew in the next general election.

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The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is contemplating the limit for drink driving, also referred to as driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says the reduction in major crimes, including murders, could help attract more visitors to this year's staging of Jamaica Carnival.

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Its all systems go for the first-ever staging of the New York Next Gen Relays set for the Memorial Stadium in Mount Vernon on Saturday, April 19, 2025.

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Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has welcomed the establishment of a private hospital in Portmore, St. Catherine, even as he reassured residents that works are moving apace to establish a public one there soon.

The Tensei Mae Robinson Medical Complex, located in Braeton is owned by investor Dwight Robinson.

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The Jamaica Constabulary Force says it continues to maintain a strong presence within communities in and around Waltham Park,  in St. Andrew following the fatal shooting of an alleged gangster yesterday. 

Dead is Shacqol Pounal, otherwise called ‘Track Star’, of Content Avenue, Kingston 10. 

Police say he was a hig-hranking member of the 7’s Gang.

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