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Senior Technical Officer with Responsibility for Mitigation, Climate Change Division, Omar Alcock (right); Principal Director, Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn-Robinson (second right); Programme Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Climate Change Division, Schmoi McLean (second left) and Regional Manager, Caribbean Country Programme Division, Green Climate Fund (GCF), Orville Grey, peruse Jamaica’s Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (GCCSAP) which was officially launched during a gender and climate change symposium at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on July 22.

Jamaica Develops Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan

Jamaica now has a Gender and Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (GCCSAP). The Plan’s development was guided by a national gender and climate change assessment, which provided an overview of the policy and institutional contexts for gender-responsive climate action....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is assisted by Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Mary South East, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second left), to turn on the improved Iterboreale well pump in St. Mary on July 21. Observing (from third left) are: National Water Commission’s (NWC) Regional Manager, Richard Williams; His Worship the Mayor of Port Maria, Richard Creary and MP for St. Mary Central, Dr. Morais Guy.

PHOTOS: St. Mary Pumping Station Improvement Complete

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), tests the water supply system following a tour of the Flower Hill Water Supply Improvement Project in St. James on July 20. Sharing the moment are National Water Commission (NWC) Production Manager for Trelawny and St. James, Fitzgerald Roach (left) and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis.

Illegal Connections Affecting Operations of NWC

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.

Private Investors Submit Proposals for Renewable Energy Projects

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (right), in discussion with Chairman, White River Fish Sanctuary and Marine Association, Belinda Collier Morrow (centre) and Sanctuary Manager, White River Marine Association and Fish Sanctuary, Reanne McKenzie, during the official launch of the project dubbed ‘A Jamaican Path from Hills to Ocean’ at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters, Mona, on July 19.

$1.05 Billion Project to Strengthen Jamaica’s Resilience to Climate Change and Protect Livelihoods

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, shares in light conversation with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Dao Jiang, during a recent courtesy call at Jamaica House.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Ground to Be Broken Saturday for Mobay Bypass Project

Ground is scheduled to be broken on Saturday (July 16) for construction of the long-awaited Montego Bay Perimeter Road. Thousands of road users will benefit from the project, which will entail construction of a 14.9-kilometre bypass of the city to ease traffic congestion affecting the area, rehabilitation of Barnett Street and West Green Avenue, construction of the Long Hill Bypass,...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Matthew Samuda, commissions the $113-million Luana to Middle Quarters Pipeline Project into service in Middle Quarters Square in St. Elizabeth recently.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Luana to Middle Quarters Pipeline Project Commissioned into Service

More than 1,200 residents now have more reliable access to potable water following the commissioning into service of the $113-million Luana to Middle Quarters Pipeline Project in St. Elizabeth. The beneficiary communities are Luana, Baptist, Point, Middle Quarters, Cragie, Clinic Road and sections of New Holland. The project, undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC), includes construction, testing and commissioning...

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

8.2 Per Cent Growth For Fiscal Year 2021/22

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the economy grew by 8.2 per cent for fiscal year 2021/22, compared to 2020/21. This was aided by a 6.4 per cent out-turn between January and March 2022, compared to the same period last year. In a statement on Thursday (June 30), STATIN indicated that the March quarter out-turn was driven...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, is shown an area of wetland in Portland Eastern by Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz, during a tour on Tuesday (June 21). Minister Samuda, along with Mrs. Vaz and technocrats from several ministries, departments and agencies, visited a number of communities across the constituency, including Boston, Burlington, Fairy Hill, and Long Bay, to look at sand mining activities and the impact on water distribution in the region.

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PHOTOS: Senator Matthew Samuda Looks At Sand Mining Activities In Portland Eastern

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, is shown an area of wetland in Portland Eastern by Member of Parliament, Ann-Marie Vaz, during a tour on Tuesday (June 21). Minister Samuda, along with Mrs. Vaz and technocrats from several ministries, departments and agencies, visited a number of communities across the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Matthew Samuda, addresses the Senate recently.

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Cabinet Approves Country’s Membership To CBCI

Cabinet has given approval for Jamaica’s membership to the Caribbean Biological Corridor Initiative (CBCI). This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in a Statement to the Senate, recently. He said the CBCI has been widely recognised as an important example of South-South cooperation and aims to...

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon Matthew Samuda, addresses a ceremony to commission into service, the 100,000-gallon West Gate Hills number-2 storage replacement tank in West Gate Hills, St. James, on June16.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentWater

Jamaicans Urged To Play Role In Achieving Water Security

Jamaicans are being encouraged to play a more active role in ensuring the country’s water security as the Government moves to implement policies to secure the nation’s water resources. Water security is the capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of and acceptable quality water for sustaining livelihoods, human well-being, and socio-economic development. Minister without portfolio...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addressing the Senate on June 17.

4 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Deposit Refund Scheme For Plastic Bottles

The Government will be focusing on a Deposit Refund Scheme, backed by legislation, for plastic bottles. Providing an update on the ban of some single-use plastic packaging materials in the Senate on June 17, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator Matthew Samuda, said the scheme aims to increase the percentage of plastic bottles...