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KIGNSTON – Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo-Forte, says there is urgent need for more attention to be paid to forest protection and management. “There is an urgent need for conservation, and there is urgent need for us to find the right balance and perspective in sustainably using this resource as...

Developments in the water sector, with special emphasis on the supply to the Kingston Metropolitan Area and Southern St. Catherine, will be outlined by Minister of Water and Housing Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, during a press conference to be held on Tuesday, March 22. The press conference will be held at the Girl Guides Headquarters on 2 Waterloo Road and...

WASHINGTON – New World Bank Representative for Jamaica, Giorgio Valentini, says the Bank will continue to assist efforts in the region to boost social and economic growth and to address the impact of climate change. "The World Bank is committed to continue supporting the Caribbean as the region makes improvements in economic growth and social development in the wake of...

KINGSTON – The National Water Commission (NWC) is assuring that the Bog Walk Gorge in St. Catherine will be restored to its former condition, or better, following pipe laying activities, which will see the area being closed to general vehicular traffic for about two months. The work, which will get underway towards the end of March, is part of the...

MONTEGO BAY - Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says that the government is prepared to partner with private investors to improve the country's housing stock. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for the Little Bay Country Club housing development in Negril, Westmoreland, on Saturday March 12, Dr. Chang said the lack of investment in low-income housing could be...

KINGSTON - The Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project (JWSIP), which is segmented into categories A and B, is the single largest project ever undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC). It has a total cost of US$211 million (approximately J$17 billion) and, on completion, will bring an additional 20 million gallons of water to residents in Kingston and St. Andrew,...

Just over 40 Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including Jamaica, which add less than one per cent of the emission gases contributing to global warming, are the most vulnerable to its deleterious effects, including rising temperatures and sea levels and the destruction and degradation of coastlines, according to Acting Head of the Climate Branch of the Metrology Services, Clifford Mahlung....

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states plan to lobby the United Nations (UN) for the CARICOM Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) to be designated an International Centre of Adaptation. The move, which was agreed on by regional leaders at the 22nd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Grand Anse, Grenada last weekend, is intended to enhance...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) which does not currently certify persons it trains in the many community training programmes it offers, plans to pursue this in the near future, according to the Director General of the organisation, Ronald Jackson, who spoke at a Think Tank session at the Jamaica Information Service, 58a Half Way Tree Road,...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, on February 24, broke ground for the development of the Boscobel Operation Pride Project in St. Mary. The project, which will involve construction of new roadways, the completion of roads already laid out, and the provision of electricity, will be implemented on lands adjacent to the Ian Flemming International Airport in...

Cabinet has given approval for the acquisition of additional parcels of land from the Apple Tree Plaza to Jimbo's Gymnasium, along the main road from Chudleigh to Coleyville, Manchester. Speaking at today's (February 23) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz informed that the lands would likely be needed...

Some major roadways in Portland and St. Mary have been seriously impacted, as a result of the heavy rains which have lashed both parishes during the course of this week. The National Works Agency (NWA) has reported than some roads in St. Mary have been blocked or reduced to single lane traffic, while roads in Portland have been  rendered impassable...