Residents of York Street and surrounding communities in St. Catherine are to benefit from improved water supply under a pipeline replacement project being undertaken by the National Water Commission (NWC). The project will see works being executed in the York Street area, and will also impact the Cheesefield and Wallens communities. Vice President for Engineering and Capital Projects at the...

The Ministry of Health in partnership with several stakeholders will embark on a National cleanup day dubbed “Operation Mosquito Search and Destroy” this Saturday, February 20, 2016. In a recent meeting of the Ministry’s National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) along with the Ministry of Local Government, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), the National Solid Waste Management Authority...

Residents of St. Elizabeth are being invited to participate in a special stakeholder public meeting on Tuesday, February 2, for discussion surrounding the use of the Black River. The public consultation will take place at the Black River High School at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will inform a study on the Black River’s carrying capacity, being undertaken by the National Environment...

More Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) beneficiaries are to receive support under the $90.8 million grant facility set up by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ, to enable them to obtain their titles. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said that changes have been made to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which governs the...

The Government will continue work to strengthen the country’s resistance against the impacts of climate change, under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II). Phase two of the programme, the Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project (ICDIMP), was launched on Wednesday (January 27) by Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, at the Terra Nova Hotel...

The Government will be contracting the services of retired public health inspectors to help eradicate mosquito breeding sites across the country. The move comes as preparations for the Zika Virus (ZikV) intensify. Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley, who made the announcement, said inspectors, who have retired over the last two years, will be engaged in the first instance, on...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be celebrating World Wetlands Day on February 2 under the theme, “Wetlands for Our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods.” The focal point for the national activities is the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area and Ramsar site. Manager of Public Education and Corporate Communication at NEPA, Dionne Rose told JIS News that a number of activities...