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Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has highlighted the negative effects of climate change on small island states, such as Jamaica, which contribute the least to this phenomenon, but are most impacted by it. "Small island states like us ... are likely to have more severe effects from extreme weather conditions than large countries and therefore, are likely...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, recently commissioned into service a new US$82 million water supply system, under phase one of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Rehabilitation Project. The project, aims to improve the availability and reliability of water on a 24-hour basis to areas in greater Spanish Town and South East St. Catherine. The locations...

The $20 million Askenish to Dias water supply project in Hanover was officially commissioned into service by Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, on Thursday (Jan. 23). The project, which was initiated in January 2008, involved the laying of 3.9 kilometers of 150-millimeter ductile iron pipeline from Askenish to Dias, which will serve approximately 4, 000 residents in...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang and technocrats in the Ministry, on Thursday (Jan. 22) met with a delegation from Tanzania, including Minister of Energy and Minerals, William Ngeleja, to share expertise and relate best quality practices in water sourcing and management. "I view this visit as one for sharing experiences," Minister Chang told the Tanzanians, at the...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang has said that the Government is serious about identifying and providing adequate and affordable housing solutions for working class, and middle income workers. He notes that this year the Ministry will be moving to ensure that efforts are made to provide solutions for these categories of workers as there is a shortfall....

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has welcomed a Regional Workshop on the 'Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans of Caribbean Countries' to be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on April 28 and 29. The workshop will analyse the current sanitation situation in Caribbean countries, look at operational strategic issues and work at...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has welcomed a Regional Workshop on the 'Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans of Caribbean Countries' to be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on April 28 and 29. The workshop will analyse the current sanitation situation in Caribbean countries, look at operational strategic issues and work at...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) has launched an 'Environmental Planning for Business Leaders' training programme, which is designed to enhance awareness of environmental management strategies among the private sector. More than 50 business leaders are expected to participate in the 60-hour programme, which will be offered through MIND's online training facility, MIND Online. Chief Executive Officer of MIND,...

Christopher Sinckler, Executive Director of the Barbados-based Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), has said that developing nations, such as those in the Caribbean and Latin America, have not benefited much from the process of trade liberalization. "We can empirically show by evidence that liberalisation, unbridled, too fast, too deep, too wide-spread, is disastrous for Caribbean territories,"Mr. Sinckler said, noting that...

Several persons in Port Antonio had to be evacuated from their homes on Sunday (October 30), as a result of heavy rains which pelted Portland over the weekend. The rains caused flooding, landslides and road damage in several areas of the parish, rendering a number of roads impassable, while others could only accommodate single lane traffic. The heavy rains also...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has issued 25 permits to automotive battery dealers across the island, in the agency's efforts to widen the net of collecting used lead acid batteries. Paulette Kolbusch, Manager of NEPA's Regulations, Standards and Guidelines Branch told JIS News that the permits were issued as part of the Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB) Project....

The coconut beautification project being carried out on Pigeon Island has been hailed as an initiative that demonstrates that citizens do not have to always wait on government to make the first move. Director of Projects at the Coconut Industry Board, Basil Been, tells JIS News that the beautification project, which has been ongoing for some 15 years, is a...