Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the community of Portmore in St. Catherine has been evolving in a manner that now positions it to secure parish status.  Mr. Holness said once a community records notable growth and development in the way Portmore has, particularly since becoming a municipality, it should be given the requisite support to advance its governance structure.  “Once you start to see emerging in a people, a certain level of independence and expression of their sense of...

Residents of Brown’s Town and its environs in St. Ann, on Friday (July 23), participated in a major plastic bottle collection drive organised by Recycling Partners of Jamaica in collaboration with several key stakeholder entities.   More than two truckloads of bottles were collected, as personnel highlighted the importance of separating plastics from other disposables and recycling these items in order to better preserve the environment.  Other participating partner entities included the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), and Forestry Department.  General...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says persons must be given the opportunity to use unutilised assets of  Government agencies,  in order to maximise their potential. “There are many agencies in Jamaica, they hold lands, buildings and other assets, and sometimes they are just there languishing on balance sheets, not being utilised, and not realising the value that they...

Development of the National Digital Cadastral Map will continue in the new fiscal year, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington Making his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 5, he explained that 25 per cent of the National Digital Cadastral Map is to...

Data collection is under way in St. Mary, Portland and St. Thomas under the National Survey of Squatter Settlements. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., gave the update during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate on Tuesday (May 4) in the House of Representatives. He noted that, to date, “we have completed a...

A total of 66 government-owned properties valued at $349.8 million have been approved for divestment as at the end of March 2021. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, who informed that 69 applications for land were processed and 66 were recommended for approval in accordance with the...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting that the entire island is now covered by at least one Provisional Development Order. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, said this is a significant improvement from the status in 2017 “where coverage was limited to 40 per cent of the country”....