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$542m road rehab for St James
MORE than $500-million in improvement works being carried out by the National Works Agency on several roads in St James are now at various stages of completion, according to the NWA.
Work on the Cambridge to Retrieve main road has been completed, the Agency said in a recent release, while the Adelphi to Kent, Maroon Town to Flamstead, and Point to Maroon Town main roads are at various stages of completion.
Road sections scheduled to be completed within the next four months include the Anchovy to Montpelier main road, and Chelsea Avenue. The latter is being done by the NWA on behalf of the St James Parish Council, the agency said.
A total of 15 road sections are being rehabilitated under the National Road Improvement Programme (NARIP), at a cost of $500-million. And rehabilitation work on another eight parochial roads in Montego Bay, under the NWA’s Urban/Rural Township Programme, is scheduled for completion by the end of April.
The roads being rehabilitated include Tate, Thompson, Easy and McCatty Streets. Contractor, Cornwall Asphalting Limited, is carrying out those works at a cost of $42 million.
‘Youth-friendly’ clinic for Hanover
THE pilot for a youth-friendly clinic will open in Hanover next week, as part of an adolescent reproductive health programme for the parish.
The clinic will be sited at the Lucea Health Centre, and will be operated by the Hanover Health Department in collaboration with the Futures Group International (Youth Now). It will be open from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm on the first and third Wednesday of each month.
Chief medical officer of health for Hanover, Dr Olufemi Ogunnowo, made the announcement Wednesday, at a ceremony to mark the official launch of the programme, held in the Anglican Church Hall, Lucea.
He said the idea for the clinic was born out of meetings and consultations, over the last year, between the Hanover health team and several community groups.
“Let me inform you that this clinic that we are setting up in Lucea, will begin operation on Wednesday, March 19,” the CMO said.
“We have identified that time period in order to accommodate the needs of adolescents in this parish. The clinic services that will be provided include consultations, counselling, treatment, prevention, health education and a general health behaviour change component,” he added.
Dr Ogunnowo said the Hanover health team has prepared themselves adequately, by undergoing training in the special knowledge and skills required for the assignment. This was done so as to ensure that the clinic will be properly run, and run to the satisfaction of its intended clients – the adolescents of the parish – he said.
He noted that although the programme is being started on a modest scale, there are plans to expand and improve on it.
Man arrested for gun, ammo seized in Olympic Gardens
A firearm and seven rounds of ammunition were seized and a man arrested for breaches of the Firearms Act by the police in Olympic Gardens, Kingston 11 on Thursday night.
Charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition are Wayne Martin, otherwise called “Ultimate”, a 33 year-old graphic artist of Minosa Avenue, Kingston 2.
The police said that at about 8:00 pm Thursday, Martin was seen walking along Olympic Way by a police party on patrol when he was accosted and searched.
A Cameo P12 .380 semi automatic pistol, with serial number erased, and a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition was taken from his waistband, said the police. He is booked to appear in the Gun Court on Friday, March 21.