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New Falmouth Police Station Declared Open By Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller

Falmouth Police Station Declared Open By Prime Minister Falmouth Police Station: it took all of 8 years to complete, but it is finally over; Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller today declared the new Falmouth Police Station open. The J$270 million facility will accommodate 100 police personnel. It will be the temporary home to a maximum of 50 prisoners (so in true Jamaican style, we can expect up to 100 prisoners). Officials Officials present at the ceremony were: Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller National Security Minister Peter Bunting North Trelawny Member of Parliament (MP) and Attorney General, Patrick Atkinson, Q.C. Commisioner of Police, Owen Ellington
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Falmouth Police Station Almost Ready For Business

Photos Of The Falmouth Police Station It has been six years and we are now in our third government administration since construction began on the new Falmouth Police Station, but finally we are on the last lap. The dream of a modern spacious police station for Falmouth, Trelawny is now a reality. After a long break, when it looked as if the project was derailed, then Prime Minister announced (in March 2011), to use the Jamaica Defense Force soldiers to complete the construction. I took a walk down to the Rodney Street site of the new Falmouth Police Station and was
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Problems Getting Commuters and Drivers To Use The Falmouth Bus Park

Problems Getting Commuters and Drivers To Use The Falmouth Bus Park There is an on-going transportation problem in Falmouth caused primarily by the failure of the Trelawny Parish Council to provide a proper bus park for the town. It is a major headache to get both commuters and drivers (bus and taxi) to use the makeshift bus park on Tharp Street (the former location of Dump Squatter settlement which was previously demolished). When we visited the facility and spoke with drivers, they pointed to 3 main problems: 1) Sanitary facilities are a work in progress, not yet complete. 2) The
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Hague Agricultural Show 2012 – A Tremendous Success

Hague Agricultural Show 2012 – A Tremendous Success The 57th staging of the Hague Agricultural Show at the Hague Agricultural Showground near Falmouth was a tremendous success and the organizers should be lauded for putting on such a good show. What was most important about this years show, was the legacy of last year. The show was gradually declining each year and last year went down as the worst Hague Show in history to the point where then Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton was pushed to make this statement: “I am still not convinced that enough effort is going
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Falmouth Police Station Construction Showing Signs of Progress

Falmouth Police Station Construction Showing Signs of Progress I have heard it said that in Jamaica we cheer announcements and not achievements. Politicians can easily fool us with their grand speeches of elaborate projects and we celebrate as if the project has been completed. Many years later and several million dollars overruns and the project would still be limping along. That is the case with the new Falmouth Police Station (under construction). The new Police Station being built on Rodney Street a few yards from the old station and across the road from the temporary station, has been under construction
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