The World Bank is reporting that Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) economies have largely recovered to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, and the region “has regained some sense of normalcy”. “Employment levels have almost fully recovered… schools have reopened and, with exceptions in the Caribbean, the high rate of vaccination against COVID-19 allowed for a return to normalcy,” the Bank indicated in...

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be embarking on a pump replacement project, which, along with the installation of renewable energy systems, will generate significant savings for the entity. “We will be making a large capital investment in our pumping systems to ensure that the worst ones are changed out first,” said Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic...

Jamaica’s climate change commitments portray the country’s moral leadership and regard for the international community, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. Speaking at the CANCarib Climate Smart Opportunities Summit (CCSOS) Business Bootcamp on Tuesday (September 20), Mr. Samuda said “the argument often comes up [that] even though you...

The Hanover Parish Development Committee (HPDC) will partner with local stakeholders to clean the Lucea Fisherman’s Beach, as part of its observation of International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day 2022, on Saturday, September 17. President of the HPDC, Mrs. Petra Vernon Foster, told JIS News that the Committee will join with fisher-folk from the Johnson Town, Elgin Town and Lucea communities,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, will represent Jamaica at the second Green Climate Fund (GCF) Global Programming Conference 2022 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. He will pursue funding for national climate change programmes which are at various stages from planning to execution. The GCF Conference is expected...

The preservation of trees is critical to sustaining Jamaica’s development, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. Minister Samuda, who made the comments at the recent launch of the Forestry Department’s National School Tree Planting Competition at the agency’s offices in Constant Spring, St. Andrew, said planting and...

A collaborative routine maintenance programme has been established for the Riley River in Hanover, as a short-term solution to addressing the issue of regular flooding in the parish’s capital, Lucea. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, said the programme will be led by the Hanover Municipal Corporation, with support...