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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

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will join the global community in observing International Clean Air Day for Blue Skies on September 7, marking the first time Jamaica will commemorate the occasion. The day will be used to raise...
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
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.
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.

Jamaica Making Transition to Circular Economy
Senior Manager, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
Senior Manager, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.

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

NEPA Intensifies Effort to Protect Rio Cobre

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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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Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon for a new three-bedroom home being handed over to a joyful Paulette Reynolds (right), in Central Kingston on Thursday (August 7). Sharing the moment are Senior Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Richard Cargill (left); Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston Central, Donovan Williams (right) and Ms. Reynolds’ grandchildren (from left), Kardel, Aaron and Rodel. The home was provided to the family under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Four Families in Central Kingston Get NSHP Houses

Four families from Central Kingston, who were living in substandard housing conditions due to tragic or unfortunate circumstances, have received new homes under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). The keys to the new homes were handed over by Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (August 7). The recipients are Paulette Reynolds, Keisha Lewis, Jacqueline...
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Director, Local Economic Development, Social Development Commission (SDC), Avril Ranger, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ in Kingston.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

SDC to Establish Two Additional Economic Villages

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will be establishing two additional Economic Villages as part of its ongoing mission to support and empower Local Economic Initiatives (LEIs) across Jamaica. This will bring the total number of Economic Villages to nine by the end of fiscal year 2025/26. The new villages will be established in St. Elizabeth and St. Thomas, joining existing...
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Director for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency, Anthony McKenzie, speaks at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Plastic Recycling Effort Gains Momentum

Jamaica’s plastic recycling effort continues to gain momentum, with the country now achieving a recovery rate of more than 40 per cent for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic bottles, according to figures from Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ). This progress, says Director for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie,...
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