Jamaica’s Emergency Management teams are on full alert in light of the impending passage of Tropical Storm Melissa, says Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda. The teams are operating under the coordination of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). Jamaica has been placed under a Tropical Storm Watch, indicating that tropical storm conditions...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH is now in effect for Jamaica as there is the potential for a tropical cyclone to form in the central Caribbean later today. This means that Tropical Storm conditions could pose a possible threat to Jamaica within 48 hours. Satellite, radar, and surface observations suggests that the area of Low Pressure over the central Caribbean Sea...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is urging the public to be more mindful of how they dispose of electronic waste (e-waste). He was speaking during an E-Waste Exposition and Collection Drive, held on Tuesday (October 14) at St. Richard’s Primary School in St. Andrew. The event was in recognition of International E-Waste Day...

Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda, has underscored the enduring importance of the Cartagena Convention. The charter, officially titled the ‘Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region’, is a legally binding regional treaty adopted in 1983 under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It aims...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), through its Pollution Prevention Branch, has revised the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Guideline for Determining the Frequency of Structural Integrity Tests for Underground Storage Tanks, originally issued in 2011. The updated document, now titled ‘NRCA Guidelines for Structural Integrity Inspections of Petroleum Storage Systems Tanks and Pipelines’, provides expanded regulatory direction for...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (October 10) officially opened and handed over the newly developed $3.98 million Queenhythe Pond Park in Discovery Bay, St. Ann. The project formed part of the Government’s Urban Renewal and Development Programme and was executed under the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development. In his address, Dr. Holness said...

Two hundred ornamental and fruit trees have been planted along a section of the I-95 Corridor of Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St. Catherine, in observance of National Tree Planting Day. The ceremony and tree-planting initiative was hosted by the Forestry Department on Friday (October 3), under the theme ‘Cultivating Growth… A Tree Planting we a Promote’. Volunteer groups and Portmore...