Director General of the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA), Dr. Cliff Riley, says the necessary checks and balances have been put in place to ensure safe research into nuclear technologies and gamma radiation locally. Research into nuclear technologies at the country’s only modular nuclear reactor, located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is in a bid to...

The St. Thomas Fire Department says it has made recommendations to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) regarding the Church Corner landfill to curb the number of fires occurring at the site. In January, firefighters from the Morant Bay and Yallahs fire stations in the parish battled a significant blaze at the landfill, which produced smoke that affected residents...

Plants and Landscaping Supervisor at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Maxwell McDonald (right), points out the benefits of using compost on plants to students from the St. Francis Primary and Infant School, at a Global Recycling Day event held on Monday (March 18) at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. The day was observed by the NSWMA under...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon, says there continues to be a critical need for further educational development, particularly at the tertiary level, to drive economic activities. Speaking at the launch of the Jill Stewart MoBay City Run, at the Holiday Inn in Rose Hall, St. James, on March 13, Mr. Vernon pointed out that Jamaica's tertiary education enrolment rate...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has committed to further strengthening the relationship between Jamaica and The Bahamas. Speaking in an interview with JIS News on Tuesday (March 12), following a courtesy call by the Bahamian Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Leon Lundy, at his offices in Kingston, Minister McKenzie...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, delivers remarks at the ceremony for the swearing in of Councillors of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) held on March 12 at the Corporation on Church Street in downtown Kingston.

Mayor of Portmore, His Worship Leon Thomas (third right, front row), is surrounded by newly installed Councillors of the Portmore Municipal Corporation during the swearing-in ceremony at Lot 1 Cookson Pen, Braeton Parkway, Greater Portmore, on March 12.