The Member of Parliament for East Central has been steadily working to deliver on the promises made to the people of his constituency, here's a glimpse of his progress to date.

1. RISING SUN
EAST CENTRAL SAINT CATHERINE NEWSLETTER

2. FOREWORD
Dear Constituents:
On behalf of the Councilors and myself, I wish to take this oppor- Gregory Park Baptist Church Life Long Learning Programme to the
tunity to again thank you for your support at the polls in both the tune of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00) Dollars. We
General and Local Government Elections held on the 29th day of have also commissioned two (2) Computer Centres to begin with.
December, 2011 and the 5th day of March, 2012 respectively. The We have provided United States Fifteen Thousand (US$15,000.00) in
elections in and of themselves were historic on several counts, East value of computer teaching aide to the Independence City Primary
Central Saint Catherine is one of three (3) newly created Constituen- School.
cies thus making me the first Member of Parliament for this new
seat. Its now time to shift gear, in so doing, the Port Henderson Road
repair has commenced and is near completion . This project will see
We successfully contested all three (3) Divisions, Portmore Pines, approximately Sixty Million ($60,000,000.00) Dollars being invested
Southboro and made political history by returning the Gregory Park into the Constituency.
Division to the People's National Party after approximately thirty-
five (35) years, and In January of 2012 the Most Honourable Portia Approximately 200 hundred people have been employed on the
Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, appointed your Member project from the Portmore Pines Division, more specifically Lakes
of Parliament as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pen, Lime Tree and Lilliput as well as surrounding environs.
and Foreign Trade.
All told, close to Two Billion ($2,000,000,000.00) Dollars has so far
Since the elections, we have hit the ground running. In January 2012, been earmarked for spending in the Constituency and this is just the
we launched JEEP I which saw over Eight Hundred (800) persons beginning. The renovation of the Lime Tree Grove playfield
being employed on several projects at a cost of Ten Million (otherwise called Royal Lakes Football pitch) into a first rate Mini-
($10,000,000.00) Dollars. In May, we started construction of the stadium is near completion.
Cedar Grove High School which represents an investment in the
As we seek to deliver on the mandate of 'People Power', your contin-
region of Six Hundred and Sixty Million ($660,000,000.00) Dollars
ued support and patience is appreciated as we build block by block a
in the Constituency, specifically in the Portmore Pines Division. In
Constituency and a Country to live, work, play and raise our fami-
August, we invested in excess of Seven Million ($7,000,000.00) Dol-
lies. May God's richest blessing continue to attend you.
lars in Back-to-School efforts from the Constituency Development
Fund. This represents a 78% expenditure on education in fulfillment Yours Sincerely
of one of the pillars of our historic Constituency Manifesto. Hon. Arnaldo Brown, M.P
Minister of State
In addition to the above we have launched the Tent City Seventh-
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Day Adventist Skills Training Centre, we have lent support to the

3. EAST CENTRAL SAINT CATHERINE COUNCILORS
Cllr. Claude Hamilton
Portmore Pines Division
Communities :
Portmore Pines & Silverstone , Independence City , IN THIS ISSUE
Cedar Grove, Cedar Manor , Watson Grove, Caymanas Sites
A&D, Meadowvale, Surrey Meadows, West Cumberland
Delivering on the Mandate
Phase 1, 2, 3 Lakes Pen, Lime Tree Grove, Grange Lane, of the People
Morris Meadows, Lilliput, Happy Content. Sport P.1
Housing P.2
EducationP.3
Employment P.4
Training P.5
Cllr. Ainsley Parkins
Southboro Division
Communities:
Newlands, Southboro, Portmore Gardens Westmeade Wil-
low, Germaine Court
Cllr. Claude Hamilton
Gregory Park Division
Communities:
Gregory Park Proper, Hamilton Gardens, Christian Gar-
dens, Christian Pen, Christian Meadows, Portmore Villas
1&2, Phoenix Vista, Gulf, Compound.

4. ROYAL LAKES FOOTBALL TEAM
SPORTS
In May 2012 the East Central Saint Catherine Marching Band teams are now participating in the National League.
was launched. The Member of Parliament has allocated Two Mil-
lion ($2,000,000.00) Dollars from the Constituency Development The Member of Parliament has also provided sponsorship
Fund (CDF) to support approximately Seventy Five (75) children. in the form of gears to the Southboro Netball team.
The band meets every Tuesday and Thursday at the Independence
City Primary School under the leadership of Andre Brown and FOOTBALL
Mr. Clive Ward as the Band Manager.
NETBALL
The Member of Parliament also gave support to the Chris-
tian Pen Football Team to the tune of One Hundred and
Fourteen Thousand ($114,000.00) Dollars in the form of
The sum of One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars was committed football shoes.
to the support of Netball to date over Five Hundred Thousand
($500,000.00) Dollars have been expended in this direction. Support was given to the Royal Lakes Football Team in the
form of a travel subsidiary.
East Central Saint Catherine has partnered with the Jamaica Net- Support was also provided to the Watson Grove Football
ball Association (JNA) to offer a scholarship tenable at the Uni- team in the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars
versity of Technology in collaboration with the JNA to train net- in the form of gears.
ball coaches. The Constituency now has three (3) new and freshly
minted coaches with a high level of training. CRICKET
East Central Saint Catherine has also partnered with the JNA to Support has been given to the Gregory Park Cricket Team
institute the Saint Catherine Netball Federation out of which to the tune of Sixty Eight Thousand ($68,000.00) Dollars.
emerged a netball competition which saw the participation of
several teams from East Central Saint Catherine. A few of these

5. HOUSING
has been disbursed. In this regard, the programmes involve the
JEHP payment to the hardware upon the submission of invoices for
building material.
ZINC FENCE REMOVAL PROJECT
In keeping with the Manifesto commitment, the Member of Par-
liament has submitted twenty (20) names to the Housing Agency
of Jamaica for the Jamaica Emergency Housing Programme in
association with Food for the Poor The Member of Parliament and his team through the Jamaica
Emergency Employment Programme has submitted five (5)
HOUSING MATERIALS projects, four (4) of which have been approved for the removal
of zinc fences primarily in the Portmore Gardens area .
The Zinc Fence Removal Project has already started in several
communities across the constituency including Daniel Circle
and Fearon Crescent in the Southboro Division.
HOUSING SOLUTIONS
The Member of Parliament has entered into discussions with
21 Riverhead Advisors an international company in the busi-
ness of housing construction, the Housing Agency of Jamaica
and the National Housing Trust to address the housing state in
A programme of Social housing assistance has been introduced the Constituency.
and to date over One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars in support

6. CEDAR GROVE HIGH SCHOOL PLAN SIGNING OF CONTRACT
EDUCATION
($7,500,000.00) Dollars on the back to school programme.
CEDAR GROVE HIGH SCHOOL Over Four Hundred (400) students were assisted. This pro-
gramme saw the purchasing of text books from reputable
bookstores, the payment of tuition fees at all levels and the
payment of examination fees.
INDEPENDENCE CITY COMPUTER PROJECT
The flagship investment consistent with the manifesto commit-
ment is the ongoing construction of the Cedar Grove High
School to the tune of Six Hundred and Sixty Million
($660,000,000.00) Dollars. This High School is intended to be a
school of excellence; it is environmentally friendly and most im-
portantly friendly to persons with disabilities.
Member of Parliament Arnaldo Brown secured computer
equipment's for Independence City Primary School to the tune
BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAMME of Fifteen Thousand United States (US$15,000.00) Dollars
through a donation from the former Ambassador of Chile His
Excellency Mr. Alfredo Garcia Castelblanco.
Since taking office the Member of Parliament and his team has
presided over several handing over ceremonies of reconstructed
and refurbished schools in the constituency implemented by
the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in partnership with
the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the European Union.
The first of which was the Gregory Primary school which saw
Consistent with the commitment made with respect to Education repairs to the tune of Twenty Nine Million ($29,000,000.00)
the Member of Parliament and his team in consultation with the Dollars.
residents have spent Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand

7. JEEP IN SOUTHBORO
EMPLOYMENT
JEEP PHASE I PORTHENDERSON BREAKAWAY
Eight hundred (800) jobs have been created across the constitu- Consistent with Manifesto Commitment to tackle unemploy-
ency during he first quarter of the year under the Jamaica Emer- ment over two hundred (200) persons have been employed on
gency Employment Programme Phase I. This took the form of the nearly completed project to restore the Port Henderson
debris removal as much as 120 truck loads in the Southboro Di- Main Road in the vicinity of Lakes Pen and Lilliput.
vision and drain cleaning in the Gregory Park and Portmore
Pines Division. CAREER FAIR
PIPE LAYING PROJECT IN PORTMORE
In March 2012 East Central Saint Catherine had its first career
fair in Hamilton Gardens, Gregory Park. The event was well
Over thirty (30) persons will be employed on the One Billion attended seeing over two thousand persons throughout the day.
Two Hundred Million ($1,200,000,000.00) Dollars pipe laying Persons had the opportunity to speak to some of the sponsors
project being routed through the constituency. and were registered to the constituency employment database.

8. TENT CITY COMPUTER LAB OPENING TENT CITY COMPUTER LAB
TRAINING
($250,000.00) Dollars of support to the programme.
The Government of Jamaica in its bid to be the ICT capital in
the western hemisphere has launched major ICT initiatives
across the island. In keeping with this vision the Member of
Parliament and his team in conjunction with the Tent City SDA
Church launched the Tent City Skills Training Centre in January
2012. The H.E.A.R.T Trust NTA Portmore campus has part-
nered with the Tent City SDA Skills Training Facility to further
this initiative.
ORNAMENTAL FISHING
TENT CITY TRAINING LAB LAUNCH
The Member of Parliament has partnered with Camara Limited Consistent with Manifesto Commitment to tackle unemploy-
to establish three (3) Computer Training labs across the Constit- ment by training individuals an Ornamental Fish pilot project
uency. The first located at the Tent City Skills Training Centre representing an investment of Three Hundred Thousand
was launched on the 20th of December 2012 this represents a ($300,000.00) Dollars has been deployed in Lakes Pen.
Six Hundred Thousand ($600,000.00) Dollars investment in this
facility.
Similarly, the Member of Parliament has partnered with the
Gregory Park Baptist Church Lifelong Learning Programme

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