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Senior Director of the Access to Information Unit (AIU), Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Damian Cox delivers the keynote address at the Unit’s Right to know Week 2025 Conference held on Monday (September 22) at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston.
Senior Director of the Access to Information Unit (AIU), Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Damian Cox delivers the keynote address at the Unit’s Right to know Week 2025 Conference held on Monday (September 22) at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston.

Youth Have Key Role to Play in Ensuring a Sustainable Future

Senior Director of the Access to Information Unit (AIU), Damian Cox, says raising environmental awareness among youth is crucial in ensuring a sustainable future. He argued that as future leaders, young people must be empowered through education to protect the...
Operations Director at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Aretha McFarlane, was among several volunteers who lent their support to waste removal efforts along the Palisadoes strip during International Coastal Cleanup Day activities on Saturday, September 20.
Operations Director at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Aretha McFarlane, was among several volunteers who lent their support to waste removal efforts along the Palisadoes strip during International Coastal Cleanup Day activities on Saturday, September 20.

NSWMA Participates in International Coastal Cleanup Day Activities
Manager, Natural Resource Management and Environment Planning (NRMEP), Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Sean Townsend (left), with (from second left): Chief Executive Officer/Government Town Planner, National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard Francis; Director of NRMEP, Sara Simpson; Environmental Coordinator, Loriann Harris and Manager, Ecosystems Management Branch, NEPA, Monique Curtis (front), after they removed several bags of garbage from the Hellshire Bay Beach, in St. Catherine, on September 21, to commemorate International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025.
Manager, Natural Resource Management and Environment Planning (NRMEP), Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Sean Townsend (left), with (from second left): Chief Executive Officer/Government Town Planner, National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard Francis; Director of NRMEP, Sara Simpson; Environmental Coordinator, Loriann Harris and Manager, Ecosystems Management Branch, NEPA, Monique Curtis (front), after they removed several bags of garbage from the Hellshire Bay Beach, in St. Catherine, on September 21, to commemorate International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025.

Hundreds Participate in Hellshire Bay Beach Cleanup
Volunteers of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), St Ann Hi-Tech Farmer’s Group Ltd, Brown’s Town Community College, Fern Court High School, Social Development Commission (SDC), Grand Bahai Principe and other entities, display bags of garbage collected from Red Cross Peach Beach in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, during cleanup activities in observance of International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025 on September 20.
Volunteers of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), St Ann Hi-Tech Farmer’s Group Ltd, Brown’s Town Community College, Fern Court High School, Social Development Commission (SDC), Grand Bahai Principe and other entities, display bags of garbage collected from Red Cross Peach Beach in Discovery Bay, St. Ann, during cleanup activities in observance of International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025 on September 20.

Volunteers Cleaned Beaches in St. Ann and Trelawny
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, participates in International Coastal Clean-up Day activities held at Turtle Beach in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on September 20.  
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, participates in International Coastal Clean-up Day activities held at Turtle Beach in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on September 20.  

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Flyer for International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025.
Environment

NEPA Invites Persons to Take Part in International Coastal Cleanup Day

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) invites the public to take part in International Coastal Cleanup Day 2025, a worldwide effort dedicated to protecting the oceans and coastlines. This year, cleanups will take place at the Palisadoes Shipwreck in Port Royal on Saturday, September 20, 2025, and at Half Moon Bay Beach in Hellshire, St. Catherine, on Sunday, September...
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Manager of the National Ozone Unit and National Ozone Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) , Vivian Blake
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Major Focus on Ozone Layer September 16

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will join the international community on Tuesday, September 16, in celebrating World Ozone Day, under the theme ‘From Science to Global Action’. The theme underscores the critical role of science in alerting the world to emerging challenges in protecting the ozone layer and addressing climate change. Substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons...
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Deputy Managing Director of the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Geoffrey Marshall, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
EnvironmentWater

WRA Urges Proper Waste Management to Protect Rio Bueno Watershed

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) is urging the implementation of proper solid waste and effluent management practices to safeguard upstream water sources within the Rio Bueno sub-Watershed Management Unit (WMU) in St. Ann. The call follows findings from a recent isotope hydrology assessment of the area, conducted by the WRA in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
CultureEnvironment

New Training Institute to Bolster Development of Jamaica’s Entertainment and Creative Industries

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport is advancing efforts to develop Jamaica’s entertainment and creative industries, a mission now bolstered by the creation of a training institute for practitioners, innovators, entertainers, and creative professionals. Speaking during the recent contract signing between the Ministry and Guardian Life Limited for Group Health Insurance for the Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Insurance...
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Chief Executive Officer/Government Town Planner, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Leonard Francis (left), converses with Training Facilitator, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Mónica Luz Ureña, during the opening of the national training workshop on Circular Economy Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recently at NEPA’s corporate offices in Kingston.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Jamaica Making Transition to Circular Economy

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is calling for increased partnership and buy-in from businesses and citizens as Jamaica actively works towards becoming a circular economy. Chief Executive Officer/Government Town Planner at NEPA, Leonard Francis, said that the model, which focuses on safeguarding the environment through reusing, repairing, and recycling, slowing down the use of natural resources, has the...
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Senior Manager, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson, speaks during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

NEPA Intensifies Safeguards for Rio Cobre in Wake of Bauxite Train Spill

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has been intensifying efforts to safeguard the Rio Cobre following the recent derailment of a bauxite train that resulted in the river’s pollution. NEPA’s Senior Manager for Environmental Management and Conservation, Richard Nelson, says these interventions include the installation of signage and development of a community-based early warning system along the river, “supported...
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Senior Manager for Environmental Management and Conservation at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

NEPA Intensifies Effort to Protect Rio Cobre

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is intensifying efforts to safeguard the Rio Cobre, following the recent derailment of a bauxite train that resulted in three coaches ending up in the river. Senior Manager for Environmental Management and Conservation at NEPA, Richard Nelson, said the incident highlighted the importance of the No Discharge Policy, which has been in place...
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