Customer Relations Officer at North Eastern Parks and Markets (NEPM) Waste Management Limited (NEPM), Donasha Biggs, is reporting that more St. Ann communities have joined the plastic bottle separation drive. She told JIS News that since the initiative’s launch in the parish in February 2020, several other communities have come on board to participate and raise awareness. “This initiative started… in...

 

Principal of Calabar High School in St. Andrew, Albert Corcho, is lauding Members of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force for planting scores of trees at the institution. Recently, the group planted trees at seven other high schools in the Corporate Area. Already, they have planted 500 trees, which is part of an islandwide initiative to plant 1,500 trees. The Principal...

Jamaica will host the 32nd session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC) virtually from September 6 to 12. This was announced by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who noted that Cabinet has given its approval for Jamaica’s hosting of the event. Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests in the Forestry Department, Ainsley...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government and its agencies are prepared for any impact from the now downgraded Tropical Storm Elsa. “I want to assure the country that the Government is as ready as we can be to face the challenges,” he said, during a tour of designated shelters in the parish of...

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE DIVISION Division of the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment & Climate Change Telephone: 876-924-8055/924-8404 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, July 3, 2021 – 11:00 a.m. BULLETIN No: 12 The Hurricane Warning for Jamaica has been downgraded and a TROPICAL STORM WARNING is now in effect as Elsa continues to weaken while approaching the southern coast of Hispaniola. This...

Jamaicans are being urged to take all the necessary precautions in preparation for the effects of the now downgraded Tropical Storm Elsa, which could begin impacting the island as early as Saturday (July 3). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the call while addressing a ceremony at the Clark’s Town Primary School on Friday (July 2) to hand...