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Manager for the Applications Secretariat Branch of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank. (Photo: Yhomo Hutchinson)

Beach Licences Must Be Renewed By March 31

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reminding beach operators that all licences must be renewed by March 31. Addressing a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (March 16), Manager of NEPA’s Applications Secretariat Branch, Miguel Nelson, said that under...

Applications Secretariat Branch Manager at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 16 about the agency's permit and licence renewal process.

Applications for Renewal of Environmental Permits Must Be Delivered to NEPA

Manager for the Applications Secretariat Branch of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Miguel Nelson, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on March 16.

NEPA Calls On Persons To Renew Environmental Permits

Director of Communications, Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Latoya Halstead.

March 15 Is World Consumer Rights Day

Environmental Manager at the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), Errol Mortley (left), and NROCC Managing Director, Ivan Anderson, participate in a tree-planting exercise along the North-South Highway in the vicinity of the Linstead Toll Plaza earlier this year. NROCC partnered with the Rotaract Club of the University of the West Indies, Mona, to plant 400 trees as part of the Prime Minister’s Three Million Trees Initiative.

NROCC To Plant 30,000 Trees Over Four Years

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (centre), cuts the ribbon to launch the first of three model housing units under phase one of the Edmund Ridge Estate in Rose Hall, St. James, on Thursday (February 25). He is joined by (from left) Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams; Director of Henan Fifth Construction Group Company Limited, Dong Wong; and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, after whom the development is named.

5 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentHousingUrban Renewal

First Model Units Launched at Edmund Ridge Estate

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., officially launched the first of three model housing units under phase one of the new Edmund Ridge Estate development at Rose Hall, St. James, on Thursday (February 25). The development is named in honour of Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, and is being spearheaded by the Housing...

5 years ago Budget 2021/2022Environment

Plastic Waste Minimisation Project Gets $32.9 Million

The Government is to complete a Regulatory Impact Assessment and National Strategy and Action Plan for integrated waste management for Jamaica, in the upcoming financial year. This is to be carried out under the Plastic Waste Minimisation Project, which seeks to enhance the capacity of the country to carry out integrated waste management and strengthen the policy and legislative framework...

5 years ago Budget 2021/2022Environment

Gene Bank For Negril Great Morass Rehabilitation To Be Completed In 2021/22

Establishment of the gene bank for the rehabilitation of the Negril Great Morass in Westmoreland is to be completed during the upcoming financial year. Setting up of the gene bank, which is a type of biorepository that preserves genetic material, is being carried out under the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) project,...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.

5 years ago Environment

Supermarkets Encouraged To Engage In Recycling Projects

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change is calling for more supermarkets to engage in eco-friendly practices, such as recycling. “I am encouraging supermarkets, grocery stores and retailers to establish facilities to ramp up recycling at the national level. Just as recently as December, I participated in the opening of a plastic bottle collection facility at Lee’s...

5 years ago Environment

Businesses Must Use Grace Period To Become Compliant For Third Phase Of Plastic Ban

Business operators are being reminded to make all the necessary provisions during the transitionary six-month grace period to become compliant before the third phase of the plastic ban is fully implemented. “The Government decided to allow a six-month transition period before fully effecting enforcement of the third phase of the plastic ban. We want to remind businesses of this, as...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Pearnel Charles Jr.

5 years ago Environment

Minister Charles Jr. Calls For Positive Behaviour Change Towards Plastic Pollution

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Pearnel Charles Jr. is calling for positive behaviour change towards plastic pollution as the Government gears up to implement the third phase of the ban on single-use plastics come June 2021. Speaking to JIS News, he said: “The issue of plastic pollution brings to the fore the importance of protecting and...

Beachfront property along a section of Jamaica’s coastline.

5 years ago AgricultureBudget 2021/2022Environment

$400 Million Allocated To Strengthen Agricultural Sector

The Government will continue work during the 2021/22 fiscal year to further enhance the resilience of Jamaica’s agricultural sector and coastal areas. Some $400 million has been earmarked in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure for the initiative, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which commenced in October 2012, focuses on protecting livelihoods and food security in vulnerable communities...