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

NEPA Protecting Winns Morass Wetlands in Falmouth

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is focused on protecting the Winns Morass wetlands in Falmouth, Trelawny as an ecological restoration and conservation site. Senior Public Education and Community Outreach Officer at NEPA, Ava Tomlinson, told JIS News that...
An aerial view of the Winns Morass in Falmouth, Trelawny.
An aerial view of the Winns Morass in Falmouth, Trelawny.

NEPA Engaging Rock Community on Wetlands Tour to Mark International Day for Biodiversity
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon (seated), signs the Memorandum of Understanding for the STEP UP programme, during the initiative’s official launch at the Corporation’s chambers on Friday (May 10). Observing (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) St. James Municipal Corporation, Naudia Crosskill; Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) St. James Chapter President, Suzette Ramdanie-Linton; CEO, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard A. Francis; Regional Operations Manager of WPM Waste Management Limited, Edward Muir; Acting Senior Superintendent of the Jamaica Fire Brigade – St. James, Raymond Desouza; and Executive Secretary at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Cassandra Watson.
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon (seated), signs the Memorandum of Understanding for the STEP UP programme, during the initiative’s official launch at the Corporation’s chambers on Friday (May 10). Observing (from left) are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) St. James Municipal Corporation, Naudia Crosskill; Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) St. James Chapter President, Suzette Ramdanie-Linton; CEO, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard A. Francis; Regional Operations Manager of WPM Waste Management Limited, Edward Muir; Acting Senior Superintendent of the Jamaica Fire Brigade – St. James, Raymond Desouza; and Executive Secretary at the St. James Municipal Corporation, Cassandra Watson.

Step Up Programme Launched
CEO at the National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA), Mr. Leonard Francis, engages students at the St. Francis Primary and Infant School in a fun story titled "A Monsta in NEPA Village" for Read Across Jamaica Day on May 7, 2024." A Monsta in NEPA Village is a children
CEO at the National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA), Mr. Leonard Francis, engages students at the St. Francis Primary and Infant School in a fun story titled "A Monsta in NEPA Village" for Read Across Jamaica Day on May 7, 2024." A Monsta in NEPA Village is a children's book that was created by the Agency to help young ones to understand the damage that can be done to the environment from the use of plastic bags. The Read Across Jamaica event, is an annual initiative coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Youth to nurture a love for reading among Jamaica's youth.

PHOTO: NEPA’S Read Across Jamaica Day
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

Minister Morgan Travels to Guyana for World Press Freedom Day Activities

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Staff members from the Jamaica Fire Brigade – Area 2, the Forestry Department, and Sandals Resorts International participate in Sandals Foundation’s Earth Day activity (tree planting) at the Dunn’s River Watershed at Bogue Estate in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on April 22.
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Trees Planted at Dunns River Watershed on Earth Day

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), in partnership with the Forestry Department and the Sandals Foundation, planted 250 forest seedlings at the Dunns River Watershed, located at Bogue Estate in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, in recognition of Earth Day on April 22. Some 50 volunteers from the three organisations carried out the activity. Assistant Commissioner at the JFB in Charge of...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, delivers the keynote address during Monday’s (April 22) media launch of The Great Mangrove Cleanup, held at GraceKennedy Limited on Harbour Street in Kingston.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Hundreds of Volunteers Expected for Great Mangrove Cleanup along Kingston Harbour on April 27

One thousand five hundred volunteers are expected to participate in the Great Mangrove Cleanup slated for Saturday, April 27, along Kingston Harbour. The initiative is organised by the Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project (KHCP), in collaboration with the GraceKennedy Foundation, the Ocean Cleanup and Clean Harbours Jamaica. It aims to clean and gather data on the type and quantity of waste...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil, MP
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Jamaica, International Financial Institutions, Donors Collaborate on Establishing a Programmatic Approach to Finance Climate Needs

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ), the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank Group, European Investment Bank as part of Team Europe, USAID, and the United Kingdom, are discussing a framework to establish a ‘Blue Green Facility’ –a blended financing structure–of up to USD 500 million over five years, which would...
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Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left), presents the Best Kept School trophy to Groundsman at Edward Seaga Primary School, Donovan Moulton (second left). The presentation was made during the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Best Kept School Competition awards ceremony at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Friday (April 5). Also participating are: JSIF Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (second right), and Principal of the school, Shernet Clarke Tomlinson.
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JSIF Lauded for Implementing Best Kept School Competition

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Best Kept School Competition is deemed to be reflective of the values of pride, responsibility and community stewardship. This, according to Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Faval Williams, who was speaking during the competition’s awards ceremony at JSIF’s office in Kingston on Friday (April 5). Mrs. Williams said the programme, which falls under...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (background left), applauds the top placed environmental wardens from the community of Anchovy, in St. James, during a certification ceremony held on March 28, at the AC Mariott Hotel, in New Kingston.
CommunityDevelopmentEnvironmentLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Environmental Wardens Certified

Scores of environmental wardens have been certified and recognised for their involvement in community sanitation, by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). The JSIF’s Environmental Wardens Programme was implemented under the second phase of the Government of Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP 2) Solid Waste Management cycle four sub-project. The Environmental...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Stiffer Sanctions Coming for Environmental Breaches

Stiffer fines and penalties are coming for environmental breaches, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. He provided an update while making his contribution to the Appropriations Bill, 2024, debate in the Senate on Wednesday (March 27). Senator Samuda said amendments will be made to the Wildlife Protection Act...
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