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Armed with increased awareness of the debilitating effect of climate change on the nation's resources, Jamaica will send a delegation to Doha, Qatar, from November 26 - December 7, to give the country a voice in the deliberations of the 18th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The delegation will be headed by Minister...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, says a major objective for the administration over the next four years is to significantly improve Jamaica’s competitiveness and climate for investments. “This administration has put, as its task…that by the time this term of office should be over, Jamaica should be in the top 50 in the ‘Doing Business Report,’” he...

LONDON — The High Commission in London has launched a special Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to assist the island’s recovery from the effects of Hurricane Sandy on October 24. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet Assamba, announced the special Hurricane Relief Fund in a letter to the UK Jamaican Community and to friends of Jamaica on...

Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Roger Clarke, has announced that a socio-economic census is to be conducted on the Pedro Cays to determine, among other things, the number of persons occupying those areas and the extent and status of infrastructure, to which they have access. “It cannot be that we have (for example) a population of one thousand people on...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, has underscored strong the “ownership rights” which Caribbean countries have of the territorial waters which they encircle. He emphasized this point while delivering the keynote address at a lecture held at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in the US Capital, Washington, D.C., last Thursday (Nov. 8), on the topic: “Who...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has received $13 Million from China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), towards assisting persons and schools badly affected by Hurricane Sandy. The funds were presented on Friday (November 9) by CHEC’s General Manager for the Caribbean and Latin American region, Zhongdong Tang, at a media briefing held at ODPEM’s head office...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon.  Robert Pickersgill, has disclosed that the Government is implementing steps to improve strategies, to enable the island to withstand the impact of climate change more effectively. Speaking at the opening of a one-day symposium at the Jamaica Conference Centre, today (November 8), to observe World Town Planning Day, the Minister said...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, says that aid has been coming in from countries and organisations that pledged assistance to the country in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. “We have fostered a very good relationship with our donor community and the embassies here, both from the ODPEM standpoint and the Ministry...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther Buchanan, is to coordinate the Government's hurricane recovery and relief programme. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during a statement on Tuesday (Nov. 6) to the House of Representatives. Mrs. Simpson Miller explained that Mr. Buchanan will work along with the Office...

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...