Last month, Mr. Holness announced plans for the park's development in Mandeville through the National Housing Trust.He also suggested that Brooks Park be used for the development and that it be renamed.

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As the government moves to upgrade Portmore to parish status, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has assured residents that plans are being made to improve the area's infrastructure.Speaking at a Jamaica Labour Party Conference in East Central St. Catherine last night, Dr. Holness re-emphasized the raft of developmental plans which, he said, will boost the livelihoods of citizens.

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Moreland Wilson and Garfield James are the candidates.The JLP said party workers voted to assist in determining its candidate for the Constituency.

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National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang gave the assurance after being questioned about plans to reduce fear being experienced by hotel staff and guests due to crime in the parish.Portland is deemed a strategic point for the gun-for-drugs trade, with reports of criminals also migrating to the area to hide from lawmen.

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Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says it is only a matter of time before Portmore becomes Jamaica's 15th parish.

He made the statement at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)'s St. Catherine East Central Constituency Conference last evening.

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Leaders of route taxi associations within the Kingston Metropolitan Transportation Region say they fully support the government’s decision to make 23 additional routes available for application by licensed Public Passenger Vehicle (PPV) operators.

Last Wednesday, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz revealed that the Transport Authority and the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) had finalized the conversion of 11 JUTC bus routes to PPV taxi routes.

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National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang says more gunmen have resorted to contract killings as lawmen continue to crack down on gangs and gang-related activities.Dr. Chang explains that with gangsters being highly targeted and caught by cops, more gunmen are limiting their overt participation in gangs, out of fear that they too will be caught.

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The Jamaica Constabulary force is progressing steadily in its efforts to dismantle contract-killing networks across the country.Police Commissioner, Dr. Kevin Blake notes that in the past few years, there has been a relative increase in contract killings but his team will not relent in bringing those involved to justice.

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Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, Sergeant Arleen McBean has criticised human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) following concerns it raised about the number of police fatal shootings.Last week, the JFJ raised fresh concerns after six males were fatally shot by cops in two separate incidents in St. James and Westmoreland on Monday, April 7.

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Reports are that shortly after 6 AM, the women boarded a taxi on their way to work.The men in the vehicle brandished firearms and robbed the victims of their phones, cash and bank cards.

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