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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left) plants an East Indian mango tree with the help of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs Kingston Girl of the year, Deja-Nai Grant (foreground, 2nd left) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative to Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Belize, Dr. Crispim Moreira (foreground, right). Occasion was the launch of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) at Hope Gardens, St. Andrew on Wednesday (January 22). Looking on (in background from left) are: Chief Plant Quarantine and Produce Inspector in the Ministry, Sanniel Wilson-Graham; Deputy Programme Manager, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Richard Blair; Chairman of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD) Forum, Brian Crichlow; Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Representative in Jamaica, Dionne Clarke-Harris; and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in Jamaica, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson.

Jamaica a Regional Leader in Protecting Plant Health

Jamaica has been commended by regional and international organisations for launching the International Year of the Plant Health (IYPH), becoming the first country in the Caribbean to join the global movement. The United Nations observance under the theme: ‘Protecting Plant...

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, applies net to water drum in Grants Pen, St Andrew.

Grange: Fight Against Mosquitoes Will Continue After 3-Day Clean Up

Students of Villa Road Primary School in Mandeville, Manchester, perform a dub poem titled: ‘Fight the fight and save a life. Mosquitoes wanted dead, not alive,’ to start dengue clean-up activities at the school on Friday (Jan. 24).

Students Make Dengue Clean-up Day Fun

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addressing the opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff road in St. James on Wednesday (January 22). The Minister also opened the Prosper to Tangle River roadways on the day.

Agriculture Ministry Beefing Up Praedial Larceny Unit

Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Belize, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands, Her Excellency Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska (left), watches as winner of the inaugural 2019 European Union (EU) Jamaica Short Film competition, Deron Douglas, celebrates his achievement, at the awards ceremony, held on Wednesday, January 15, at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), in Kingston.

Head Of Capture 876 Wins EU Short Film Competition

Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

6 years ago EnvironmentInformation

Work To Begin Soon On Port Royal Street Coastal Revetment Project

Work is expected to begin shortly on the Port Royal Street Coastal Revetment Project. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) to grant a $950,000,000-contract to S&G Road Surfacing Materials Limited for the construction. Speaking at today’s (January 15) post-Cabinet press briefing, Minister with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, said under the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 14).

6 years ago Environment

Recycling Company Doubles Price For Plastic Bottles

Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) has doubled the amount of money they will pay for plastic bottles. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 14), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says RPJ has increased the price per pound of plastic bottles from $5 to $10. “This is as...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, addresses the House of Representatives on January 14. At left is National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang

6 years ago Environment

Minister Expects Smooth Transition From Polystyrene Products

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says he expects a smooth transition from the use of polystyrene products to the alternatives on the market. This, he said, is due to persons and businesses having had a much longer time to prepare themselves for the ban. The Minister was speaking in the...

6 years ago Environment

Government Pleased With Response To Plastic Ban

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government is extremely pleased with the overwhelming positive national reaction and response to the ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene (styrofoam) products. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 14), he noted that the support is estimated at over 90 per...

Regional Operations Manager at Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmondson

6 years ago Environment

Western Parks and Markets to Undertake Plastic Bottle Recycling Project

Western Parks and Market (WPM) Waste Management Limited will be undertaking a plastic bottle recycling project in two communities in St. James. The initiative, to be launched on Valentine’s Day, February 14, is intended to reduce the volume of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles deposited at disposal sites in the parish. It also forms part of efforts to heighten public awareness...

Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Vice President, Mariame McIntosh, addresses journalists during Thursday’s (January 9) launch of the PSOJ’s 2020-2022 Strategy, at the organisation’s head office in Kingston.

6 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironment

PSOJ Supports Gov’t’s Tree-Planting Project

The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is looking to facilitate the planting of at least 500,000 trees over the next two years. The move is in support of the Government’s initiative, launched last October, for the planting of three million trees over three years as part of measures to mitigate the effects of climate change. It is also in...

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, speaks in the Senate.

6 years ago EnvironmentSenate

Senator Proposes Impact Assessment Study On Ban On Plastics

Government Senator, Matthew Samuda, is proposing that an environmental impact assessment study be undertaken to ascertain the effectiveness of the ban on certain categories of single-use plastics. In an interview with JIS News on December 30, Senator Samuda said the study would look at how much plastics have been taken out of the island’s waste stream since the ban took...