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Of all the earth's natural resources, water is without a doubt, the most critical for sustaining life. We celebrate our freshwater resources every year on March 22, which was designated World Water Day by the United Nations in 1993. Every year, World Water Day draws attention to this important resource by highlighting a specific aspect of water. This year's focus...

Students at the Manchester-based New Green Basic School now have a reliable water supply with the installation of a 1,000-gallon water tank on the school grounds earlier this week by the Rotary Club of Mandeville. The Rotarians also treated the students to a mouth-watering lunch of chicken, fish, rice and peas, followed by cake, sweets and cold drink. President of...

Seventy-six employees and former employees of the Eastern Division of the National Water Commission (NWC) have been honoured for their exemplary contribution to the company. At an awards function held yesterday (March 12) at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston , the workers, from the parishes of Kingston and St. Andrew, Portland, St. Thomas, St. Mary and St. Catherine, were...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is in the process of rolling out a new US$7 million Customer Information System (CIS) to provide improved service to its two million costumers, islandwide. The new Customer Information System (CIS) will enable the NWC to provide significantly more information to customers, and more timely dispatch of bills. It will also reduce the time between...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that the Ministry was looking at putting a structure in place to facilitate the harvesting of rain water for domestic use. "I have already drafted policy documents that will look at encouraging in certain areas, the use of rain water for domestic purposes, and allow the expensive treated water to...

State Minister for Water and Housing, Everald Warmington, has said that the provision of potable water to meet the needs of the population, particularly persons in rural areas, remained a key focus of the Ministry. He was speaking at the official handing over of the Pedro River Water Supply System recently, in the St. Ann community. "At the Ministry of...

Residents of Pedro River, St. Ann, are happy that the Government, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the European Union (EU) have combined to have the Pedro River Water Supply System completed. The system was officially handed over at a ceremony recently at the Pedrovian Community Benevolent Society's office, Pedro River. Minister of State in the Ministry of Water...

Project Manager of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund's (JSIF) Inner City Basic Services Project (ICBSP) Unit, Gene Shaw, has said that residents of the community of Bucknor/Rectory Lands, in Clarendon, would soon benefit from improvement in their power and water supplies. He made the disclosure during the ground breaking ceremony of the Bucknor Integrated Infrastructure Package and the Multi-purpose Centre,...

The Ministry of Water and Housing and its agency, the Housing Agency of Jamaica, are seeking to partner with the Chinese Firm Complant International Engineering and Development Corporation, to build low income housing solutions for Jamaicans. The HAJ and Complant have had several discussions on the matter, and have agreed, in principle, to plan, design and build between one thousand...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that the Government was looking to forge partnerships with the private sector this year, in a bid to provide more affordable housing solutions for Jamaicans, especially those at the lower income level. He was speaking in an interview with JIS News yesterday (Feb.11), during a tour of the Portmore Country...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has commended the National Housing Trust's (NHT) Best Scheme Competition, for promoting community spirit. "There was a sense of community which this competition is seeking to reawaken. There is an aspect of Jamaican life which we have to preserve and protect, because they were valuable in building the Jamaican character. This is...

Days before Jamaica joins the world in observing Safer Sex Week, the Ministry of Water and Housing has taken the implementation of the HIV/AIDS Workplace Programme to a new level by acquiring six condom-dispensing machines where were installed in the restrooms at the Ministry's Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on February 2 and 3. The Ministry is the only...