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A member of the Jamaica Institute of Planners, Doreen Prendergast, has supported the move by Government to establish a regulatory body to deal with environmental monitoring, compliance and enforcement. Ms. Prendergast told JIS News that it is a “timely move” by Government to set up the entity. “If this entity comes into being, I would implore everyone to give their...

Seven schools and a number of small farmers that were hard hit by Hurricane Sandy will get assistance from Scotiabank to aid in their repair and recovery. Like Us Facebook for More News and Information The entity’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bruce Bowen, made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday November 7, at the bank's headquarters...

The Government of Jamaica has responded to the call of residents and tourism stakeholders in Negril for increased measures to protect the area’s world famous beaches. Approximately 2,500 metres of the Negril shoreline is to be rehabilitated under Jamaica’s Adaptation Fund Programme launched last week in Kingston. The initiative, which is being implemented through approximately $902 million (US$9.965 million) in...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says there may be a need to consider how weather information is packaged and presented so that it has more relevance and significance to the public at large. The Agriculture Minister made the comment on Monday as he addressed the opening session of a two-day Caribbean Agro-Meteorological Initiative (CAMI) conference at the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, says that substantial new resources, new ideas and new ways of doing business are needed to address the challenges of climate change. The Minister told delegates at the opening session of a two-day Caribbean Agro-Meteorological Initiative (CAMI) conference, at the Knutsford Hotel in Kingston on November 5, which his Ministry promotes and supports...

The National Water Commission (NWC) has assured that the damage to the Yallahs pipeline will not affect the supply of water to communities served by the Mona reservoir. The pipeline, which takes water from the Yallahs and Negro Rivers to Mona, was dislocated during the passage of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. RELATED: [Water to be trucked to East St....

Efforts will be made to truck water to areas in East St. Thomas that are still without their regular supplies. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, gave the assurance to Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson during a tour of the parish on November 1 to assess...

Jamaica will join the international community on Thursday, November 8, in observing World Town Planning Day 2012, by hosting a one-day symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in Kingston, under the theme: 'Climate Change Resilience and Smart Communities'. The symposium will feature a series of presentations on Planning; and display exhibits as well as inputs from several schools, including a...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, says the disaster preparedness and emergency relief efforts undertaken prior and subsequent to the passage of Hurricane Sandy were demonstrative of the strong spirit of volunteerism that exists in Jamaica.     Speaking at the Social Development Commission’s (SDC) second Parish/Town Hall Meeting in May Pen, Clarendon on Wednesday (October 31), Mr....

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, says the Cocoa Industry Board (CIB) has been instructed to divert a $15 million advance, previously received from the Ministry, for use in resuscitating the local cocoa industry, which was impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Speaking during the second Social Development Commission (SDC) Parish/Town Hall Meeting in May Pen, Clarendon, on October 31, Mr....

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will now place focus on priority needs as identified by Cabinet, as it wraps up its initial response to marooned communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. "All of our major humanitarian/welfare relief support in the first phase will be wrapped up today based on the information we have received that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says that Jamaica may have to consider setting up its own disaster relief fund. "Perhaps we have to look at how we can come up with our own insurance so that in case we have a challenge like Hurricane Sandy we will be able to act,” Mrs. Simpson Miller said on Tuesday...