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Riverton Fire Update – Operations Continue to Yield Success

Operations at the Riverton City disposal site continue to yield success. Trucks continue to haul soil from facilities at Ferry in St Catherine and Bull Bay in St Thomas. The soil is being spread over the burnt areas to reduce...

Minister of Science, Technology, Mining and Energy, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), converses with Project Manager at the Wigton Windfarm, Michelle Chin Lenn (centre), and General Manager, Earl Barrett, at the grounding breaking ceremony for the 24 megawatt (MW) expansion of the wind farm complex, Wigton III.

Wigton Saving the Country Billions in Oil Imports While Cutting Carbon Emissions

Director of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), Ludlow Powell.

Motorists Urged to Regularly Service Vehicles

Prime Minister, Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, shares a moment with General Manager of Hyatt Resorts, Karl Hendricks, at Friday’s (March 20) official opening of Jamaica's first Hyatt-branded all inclusive resorts, the new Hyatt Zilara Rose Hall and Hyatt Ziva Rose Hall in Montego Bay.

Jamaica on Growth Mission – PM

Global Senior Vice President, Service and Design at Vista Print, Jon Habeski, giving an update on his company’s 12 years of operation in Montego Bay. The company, which started with 20 employees has grown to 850 employees and is now operating from 92,000 square feet of office space in the Barnett Technology Centre.

Vista Print Carving Name in ICT Sector

11 years ago Culture

Be Kind to Persons With Disabilities – Minister Hanna

Jamaicans are being urged to extend kindness and show respect to persons with disabilities or health challenges. The appeal came from the Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, during her ‘Pon di Corna’ rap session with Corporate Area students on Friday, March 20, at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre in Kingston. Minister Hanna told the gathering that the Ministry...

Truck transporting soil used to cover sections of the Riverton Disposal Site on March 16, 2015.

11 years ago Local GovernmentRiverton Landfill

Cooling Down Activities Continue at Riverton City Disposal Site

Operations at the Riverton City disposal site continued this morning with efforts being focused on covering the areas which are still exposed using top soil. Facilities closest to the Disposal Site, such as Waterford, the Portmore Toll Road and Sea View Gardens may experience some smoke nuisance as extinguishing and cooling down activities take place. Little disruption is expected for...

St. Thomas farmer, Lawrence Lynch (right), and fellow farmer, Donovan Johnson, show off onions reaped from his farm in Yallahs, under the Agro Parks initiative. Mr. Lynch is expected to reap more than 20,000 pounds of the condiment from his one-acre farm within the next few days.

11 years ago Agriculture

Young St. Thomas Farmer Excited About Agriculture

Though there is often no glitz and glamour associated with agriculture, 27-year-old St. Thomas farmer, Lawrence Lynch, says this is the job he was meant to do. Speaking to JIS News in an interview during a tour of his one acre onion farm in Yallahs recently, Mr. Lynch reminisced on his journey into farming, explaining that the inspiration came from...

11 years ago Office of the Prime MinisterRiverton Landfill

Riverton Fire Update- Reduction in Smoke Levels Evident

Firefighting activities at the Riverton Disposal Site continued overnight and into today. Up to noon today more than 90% of the area, which was under fire, was totally extinguished and covered with top soil. An additional forty (40) trucks and three (3) front end loaders joined the effort. ALPART and WINDALCO have extended the loan of two (2) D10 “bulldozers”...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller (2nd right), joins Chief Judge of the Public Sector Customer Service Competition, Mrs. Carol Roynes (left) and Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, in congratulating visually impaired awardee, George Napier, who was recognised for high quality customer service at the sixth staging of the Public Sector Customer Service Awards Ceremony on July 11, 2013, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

11 years ago Office of the Prime Minister

Easier to do Business in Public Sector

The Government is removing bureaucracy and red tape across the public sector, making it easier for citizens to do business. “This is something that the Public Sector Transformation and Modernisation Programme has as a priority. One of our focus areas is improving the ease of conducting business, and there are several projects being implemented to promote the ease of doing...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell, addresses a press conference on Wednesday (March 18), at the Royalton White Sands Resort in Trelawny.

11 years ago Transport

Motorists to Pay for Damage to Road Furniture

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is moving to recover from motorists, money that is being expended to replace guardrails and other road furniture that are damaged during road crashes. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Audrey Sewell, told journalists at a media briefing at the Royalton White Sands Resorts in Trelawny on Wednesday (March 18) that the National Works...

11 years ago EnvironmentOffice of the Prime MinisterRiverton Landfill

Update 16 : Riverton City Fire

The daytime operations at the Riverton City Disposal Site today yielded much success. The Jamaica Fire Brigade was able to focus its attention on the last two remaining areas of concern. They have reported that based on the achievements of today there should be a significant reduction in the levels of smoke emission. The operations as usual will continue into...