Sep-01-2010
Teaching Cricket as a life skill, is a strategy being used by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to transform the lives of youths from a number of Inner City communities in St. Catherine. This summer, the NHT’s Social Development Department...
Children receive school supplies
JIS contributed
Aug-24-2010
Children of the Prospect and Land Settlement communities were presented with back-to-school supplies valued at $70,000 during a fair held in Port Antonio recently.
More than 150 children between ages 4 and 11 years were presented with note books,...
Aug-10-2010
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett and Most Hon. Carla Seaga, Chairman of the Devon House Development Company Ltd cut the ribbon to official declare the reopening of Devon House on Monday, July 26. Looking on are: Janette Taylor (third...
Aug-03-2010
While many Jamaicans ventured to Sumfest in Montego Bay recently, Trench Town had a super creative day focusing on arts, creativity and culture. Trench Town is the former home to music superstars and reggae icons Bob Marley, Dean Fraser and Alton...
Jul-29-2010
The entrance to Unions Estate, Phase 2 in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine
Between Tuesday, August 3, 2010 and Tuesday, August 10, 2010, the National Housing Trust will be inviting applications for Thirty-Five (35) Apartments and...
Jun-23-2010
The ground breaking ceremony for the NHT’s Longville Park Housing Scheme Phase III, Clarendon took place on Thursday, June 17. The NHT’s Best Schemes Competition was also launched at Longville Park, on the same day. On July 1, government employees...
North Manchester honours stalwart educator of 43 years
Rose Dewar, Gleaner Writer
Jun-09-2010
Recently, a group of friends, well-wishers, family members, past colleagues and students, representatives of the Education Ministry, The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Parent/teacher Association (PTA), School Board and the member of parliament...
Alligator Pond Police Station gets face lift
Angelo Laurence, Gleaner Writer
Jun-04-2010
The Alligator Pond community, active and retired members of the police force and a contingent of friends from Florida in the United States came together on Tuesday June 1 to give the police station a face lift.
The group painted the...
Jun-01-2010
A new multi-million dollar community centre, which will serve the New Green, Battersea, Clarks Town and several adjoining communities in Manchester, was officially opened recently.
Located near the New Green road-a-bout off the Winston Jones...
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