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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), presents Jennel Cross-Williams with a land title during a Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) Land Titling ceremony held at the Linstead Baptist Church in St. Catherine on Friday (Jan. 29). Mrs. Cross-Williams collected the document on behalf her mother, Winsome Brown-Grant.

More Lamp Beneficiaries to Access $90.8 Million Grant Facility

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...

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (left), shares a warm handshake with Chairman of Food For the Poor (FFP), Andrew Mahfood (right), while Executive Director of FFP, David Mair, shares the moment. Occasion was the handing over of 76 semi-electric hospital beds to the health sector, at FFP’s headquarters in Spanish Town, St. Catherine on Tuesday (Jan. 26). The beds, valued at US$57,000, were procured by FFP through funding from J. Wray and Nephew.

Retired Public Health Inspectors to be engaged in Eradicating Mosquito Breeding Sites

Manager, Public Education and Corporate Communication Branch at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Dionne Rose displays a poster showing the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area

World Wetlands Day To Be Celebrated On Feb. 2

Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley (right); Her Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Dr. Angela Brown Burke (centre), and General Manager of Caribbean Cement Company Limited, Alejandro Vares, at a ceremony where the company donated $2.3 million towards the Health Ministry’s vector control programme.

Mayor says KSAC Pleased to Partner in Zikv Prevention Campaign

Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer (centre), responds to questions posed by journalists during yesterday’s (Jan. 20) Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Minister of Health, Hon. Horace Dalley; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kevin Harvey. The press conference sought to update and inform the nation on the Government’s Zika Virus (VIKV) preparedness activities.

Parish Councils Undertaking Clean-Up Activities

10 years ago Environment

NEPA Holds Consultation on Use of Black River

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...

10 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

Gov’t Launches Phase Two of Climate Resilience Project

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...

10 years ago Environment

100 Land Titles To Be Issued On Jan. 29

Some 100 land titles will be handed over to recipients through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) during a ceremony at the Linstead Baptist Church in, St. Catherine on Friday January 29. This represents the 100th land title handover ceremony to be undertaken by LAMP. The Programme aims to assist Jamaicans to obtain Certificates of Title for property they...

Director of Information and Training at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Cheryl Nichols.

10 years ago Environment

Be Prepared for Earthquakes

Jamaica’s location along the northern margin of the Caribbean Plate and the presence of very active faults on the island make it vulnerable to earthquakes. As such, earthquakes can occur at anytime and anywhere, and so it is very important that persons are prepared. The significance of the damage that can occur during an earthquake is dependent on the level...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill.

10 years ago Environment

Country Enters Dry Season – Jamaicans Urged to Conserve Water

As the country enters yet another dry period, citizens are being urged to begin implementing conservation strategies. Although the two reservoirs in St. Andrew (Mona and Hermitage) are at capacity, the National Water Commission (NWC) has begun instituting restrictions at nights, as a conservation strategy. The NWC issued a release at the end of 2015, in which it pointed out...

10 years ago CommunityEnvironment

Continuous Training for Firefighters

Assistant Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Sean Martin, says fire-fighters undergo continuous training, so as to ensure that they are in a state of readiness to effectively respond, in the event of an earthquake. Mr. Martin was speaking at the launch of Earthquake Awareness Month 2016, held at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), in Kingston,...

General Manager for Engineering at Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Mr. Douglas Wilson, discussing a water project with Project Engineer, Chantelle Coley (centre) and Project Design Engineer, DeVaughn Henlon.

10 years ago Environment

More Jamaicans Accessing Quality Potable Water

More Jamaicans are now accessing quality potable water, as a result of improved infrastructure to harness and deliver the commodity. General Manager for Engineering at Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Douglas Wilson, tells JIS News that the agency, a department of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, has put in place critical water systems, and in spite...