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Senior Public Education and Community Outreach Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Ava Tomlinson.
Senior Public Education and Community Outreach Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Ava Tomlinson.

NEPA Personnel Trained as Visual Emission Observers

Personnel from the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) enforcement, pollution prevention, and air quality management teams were among over 70 technical industry professionals trained as Visual Emission Observers recently. The specialised training delivered by NEPA, in partnership with Eastern...
Head of Development Cooperation for Jamaica and Belize at the High Commission of Canada in Kingston, Shehryar Sarwar, presents documents to Principal Director, National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB), Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Alicia Edwards, during the handover of drones donated under the Natural Resources Canada – Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) Project on Monday (August 25). The presentations were made at the High Commission.
Head of Development Cooperation for Jamaica and Belize at the High Commission of Canada in Kingston, Shehryar Sarwar, presents documents to Principal Director, National Spatial Data Management Branch (NSDMB), Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Alicia Edwards, during the handover of drones donated under the Natural Resources Canada – Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) Project on Monday (August 25). The presentations were made at the High Commission.

Jamaica’s Disaster Response Capacity Gets Tech Boost Through Canadian Drone Donation
National Water Commission (NWC) Regional Manager for Portland, Richard Williams (second right) and Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (second left), shake hands following the signing of the Financing Agreement for the $22-million Carder Park Wastewater Project in Port Antonio, Portland, on Wednesday (August 20), in Carder Park. Sharing the moment are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Matthew Samuda (right), and Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Paul Thompson.
National Water Commission (NWC) Regional Manager for Portland, Richard Williams (second right) and Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (second left), shake hands following the signing of the Financing Agreement for the $22-million Carder Park Wastewater Project in Port Antonio, Portland, on Wednesday (August 20), in Carder Park. Sharing the moment are Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Matthew Samuda (right), and Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Paul Thompson.

Wastewater Project for Carder Park in Portland
Manager for the Air Quality Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Jody-Ann Marston.
Manager for the Air Quality Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Jody-Ann Marston.

NEPA Joins Global Community on September 7 to Highlight Dangers of Air Pollution
Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, addresses Tuesday’s (August 19), hybrid Quarterly Press Briefing at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston.
Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, addresses Tuesday’s (August 19), hybrid Quarterly Press Briefing at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston.

Short-term Growth Prospects Positive – PIOJ

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Chief Executive Officer/Government Town Planner, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard Francis (left), converses with Training Facilitator, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mónica Luz Ureña, during the opening of the national training workshop on Circular Economy Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recently at NEPA’s corporate offices in Kingston.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Jamaica Making Transition to Circular Economy

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is calling for increased partnership and buy-in from businesses and citizens as Jamaica actively works towards becoming a circular economy. Chief Executive Officer/Government Town Planner at NEPA, Leonard Francis, said that the model, which focuses on safeguarding the environment through reusing, repairing, and recycling, slowing down the use of natural resources, has the...
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Senior Manager, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

NEPA Intensifies Safeguards for Rio Cobre in Wake of Bauxite Train Spill

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has been intensifying efforts to safeguard the Rio Cobre following the recent derailment of a bauxite train that resulted in the river’s pollution. NEPA’s Senior Manager for Environmental Management and Conservation, Richard Nelson, says these interventions include the installation of signage and development of a community-based early warning system along the river, “supported...
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Senior Manager for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

NEPA Intensifies Effort to Protect Rio Cobre

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is intensifying efforts to safeguard the Rio Cobre, following the recent derailment of a bauxite train that resulted in three coaches ending up in the river. Senior Manager for Environmental Management and Conservation at NEPA, Richard Nelson, said the incident highlighted the importance of the No Discharge Policy, which has been in place...
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Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

1,833 Land Titles Issued to Resettled Persons by Bauxite Companies Since 2012

A total of 1,833 certificates of title have been issued by bauxite mining companies to resettled persons since 2012. These include 154 issued in 2024, according to the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). This information is contained in the PIOJ’s 2024 Economic and Social Survey Jamaica (ESSJ). The document further indicates that a total of 3,012 certificates of title were...
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Manager for the Air Quality Management Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Jody-Ann Marston, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ session on August 13, where she outlined the 2024 amendments to Jamaica’s Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

NEPA Updates Jamaica’s Ambient Air Quality Standards

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has made significant amendments to Jamaica’s Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards Amendment) 2024, aimed at better safeguarding human health and the environment from the harmful effects of air pollution. The updated regulations, gazetted in 2024, mark the first major revision since the standards were introduced in 1996. Speaking at a Jamaica...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams (fourth left), break ground for a new state-of-the-art medical tower at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St. Andrew, on August 7. Also taking part (from left) are Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Fitzgerald Mitchell, Chairman of the institution, Patrick Hylton, Company Secretary for ZDA Construction, Carrie Zhang, and Medical Officer of Health at the Hospital, Dr. Carl Bruce.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentHealth & WellnessWorks / Construction

Ground Broken for Expansion of UHWI

Expansion of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is moving ahead, following Thurday’s (August 7) breaking of ground for a new state-of-the-art medical tower. The tower is the first structure to be designed for time-sensitive emergencies in cardiology and neuroscience, like heart attack and stroke, to improve efficiency in clinical assessment, diagnostics, and minimally invasive treatment during the...
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