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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Repair work underway at a section of Spanish Town Road in the vicinity of the Sandy Gully Bridge could result in traffic delays. T...
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#EyeOnMelissa: KSAMC intensifies efforts to relocate the homeless and flood-prone residents
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#EyeOnMelissa: KSAMC intensifies efforts to relocate the homeless and flood-prone residents
October 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby says the municipality has intensified its efforts to relocate homeless people to shelters as Jamaic...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Vendors who conduct business at the Papine market in St Andrew now have access to a clean environment following its renovation. The...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is raising concerns over a development at Fort Rocky, Port Royal, where i...
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Increase in homeless population straining Kingston shelters, says mayor
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has acknowledged a rise in the city’s homeless population, which he said is putting additional financi...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mayor of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Andrew Swaby, has issued a call for Minister Matthew Samuda to ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has called for the resignation of Andrew Swaby as mayor of Kingston and chairman of the Kingston and...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, has thanked former United States president Joe Biden for pardoning Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s fir...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will be naming a three-member panel to conduct an administrative review of...
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KSAMC to hold workshops with event promoters to reproduce Freedom Street success
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby said the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation will host a series of workshops to ensure the ...
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KSAMC threatens action against non-compliant Constant Spring Arcade vendors
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) said it will take further action against vendors at the Constant Spring Ar...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Leader and president of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, applauded Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, for...
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