Poor Relief News Today

A new fire station is to be constructed at Ulster Spring, Trelawny, as part of the Government's continued investment in the capacity-building of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB). The JFB will also engage two batches of recruits for training,...

Having cleared numerous hurdles, some of which threatened to derail her dreams to become an attorney-at-law, Shanique Sommerville, from the little-known community of Peggy Barry in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, was called to the Bar last Friday,...

Gareth Davis Sr wrote a heart-rending article in The Gleaner on January 2. Former market vendor Novellete Fuller was the subject. She was a passenger in a truck that crashed in Portland’s Rio Grande Valley in December 2008. Fourteen persons were...

Rio Grande Valley, Portland Novellete Fuller, a survivor of the ill-fated truck accident of December 2008, which claimed the lives of 14 people in the Rio Grande Valley of eastern Portland, is still having nightmares about the tragic incident....

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The Poor Relief Department of the St Catherine Municipal Corporation on Saturday honoured a number of students who are beneficiaries of its educational programme. During a ceremony held at Emancipation Square in Spanish Town, the recipients were...

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has allocated $20 million in back-to-school assistance to students registered under the Poor Relief Department. Portfolio Minister, Desmond McKenzie, who made the disclosure while speaking...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— The People’s National Party (PNP) has strongly condemned the recent gun and arson attack that has left a taxi operator dead and dozens of residents homeless in Gregory Park, St Cat...

Ground was broken on Friday, July 7 for the $5.3-million indigent housing solution to be constructed in Coley Mountain, Manchester. The beneficiary is Leroy Rodney Dwyer, who lives in the area. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Minister of...

Unsanitary human waste disposal, unsafe housing of both elderly and seemingly mentally ill people, and an unbearable stench are among the many complaints of residents of a section of Edgewater...