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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second right) and contractor, Courtney Laing (right), examine activities of workmen as he toured sections of improvement works which are underway to improve water supply in sections of Cascade, Hanover, on July 24. At second left is member of Parliament for eastern Hanover, D. K. Duncan.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second right) and contractor, Courtney Laing (right), examine activities of workmen as he toured sections of improvement works which are underway to improve water supply in sections of Cascade, Hanover, on July 24. At second left is member of Parliament for eastern Hanover, D. K. Duncan.

More Than 8,000 Hanover Residents To Benefit From Improved Water Supply

More than 8,000 residents of Cascade, Claremont and Jericho in Hanover are to benefit from an improved supply of potable water, as improvement works, at a cost of $271.25 million, are progressing on that system by the National Water Commission...
Senior Director, Forest Signs and Technical Services, at the Forestry Department, Miss Donna Lowe, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.
Senior Director, Forest Signs and Technical Services, at the Forestry Department, Miss Donna Lowe, speaking at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

More Forest Cover Recorded
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), congratulates Director of the Culture in Education Programme in the Ministry of Education, Amina Blackwood Meeks (right), while presenting her with a certificate for successfully completing a three-day climate change workshop. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the training workshop for educators, held on July 22, at the Grand Port Royal Hotel in Port Royal.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), congratulates Director of the Culture in Education Programme in the Ministry of Education, Amina Blackwood Meeks (right), while presenting her with a certificate for successfully completing a three-day climate change workshop. Occasion was the closing ceremony for the training workshop for educators, held on July 22, at the Grand Port Royal Hotel in Port Royal.

Teachers Benefit from Climate Change Training
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (2nd left), signs a copy of the $278.8 million (US$2.37 million) Enterprise License Agreement (ELA), reached with American technology firm, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices today (July 22). Other signatories (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Alwyn Hales; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESRI’s local agent, Spatial Innovisions, Silburn Clarke; and Chair, Land Information Council of Jamaica (LICJ), Jacqueline daCosta.
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (2nd left), signs a copy of the $278.8 million (US$2.37 million) Enterprise License Agreement (ELA), reached with American technology firm, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices today (July 22). Other signatories (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Alwyn Hales; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESRI’s local agent, Spatial Innovisions, Silburn Clarke; and Chair, Land Information Council of Jamaica (LICJ), Jacqueline daCosta.

Gov’t Entities to Have Unlimited Access to GIS Software
General Manager for Engineering at Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Douglas Wilson, emphasizes a point during his addresses at a JIS Think Tank on July 21.
General Manager for Engineering at Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Douglas Wilson, emphasizes a point during his addresses at a JIS Think Tank on July 21.

112 Catchment Tanks Rehabilitated By Rural Water Limited

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Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Commission (NIC), Dr. Mark Richards (fourth left), accepts the final report of a Wind Power Irrigation Project from a representative from the Organisation of American States, Ms. Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel (third right), as a symbolic gesture of appreciation for funding for the project, at a handing over ceremony at the NIC’s office on July 20. Also pictured are (from left): Director of Engineering and Technical Services at the NIC, Mr. Milton Henry; University of the West Indies students, Cherri-Ann Scarlett and Sanja Simmonds; Political-Economic Counsellor at the United States Embassy, Mr. Charles Cleveland; NIC Board Member, Mr. Howard Hill and Director, Energy Economics and Planning in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Mrs. Yvonne Barrett-Edwards.
Environment

NIC To Do Economic Feasibility Study On Wind Farm

The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited is to embark on an economic feasibility study over the next 18 months, to determine how it will go about implementing a wind farm to generate five megawatts of energy in the Newark, Spur Tree area, in Manchester. This will form the second phase of a Wind Power Irrigation Project, being done in collaboration...
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (second left – front row) breaks ground for the development and expansion of the Goldmine Water Supply Upgrading Project at Bellas Gate Primary School, St. Catherine on Friday, July 17. Also participating are (from left) Acting President of the NWC, Mark Barnett, Member of Parliament for St. Catherine West Central Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Minister of Water, Land, Environment & Climate Change Robert Pickersgill, Mayor of Spanish Town Norman Scott. In the background (left of the Prime Minister) is NWC Chairman Prakash Vaswani. Five thousand persons from several communities in St. Catherine will soon have better water supply, as a result of the $75M project.
EnvironmentPrime Minister

Government Improving Water Supply for 5,000 Residents in St. Catherine

Five thousand persons from several communities in St. Catherine will soon have better water supply, as a result of the development and expansion of the Goldmine Water Supply System in the parish. Persons in the communities of Bellas Gate, Cocoa Ridge, Rhule Town, Bois Content, Bagham, Planters Hall, Marlie Hill, Breeze Mill, Hill Top, Bellefield, Browns Hall, Blue Hole, Wood...
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Workmen carry out improvement works on the Santa Cruz Water Supply System in Santa Cruz St. Elizabeth. The project will see some 23,000 additional residents benefiting from improved water supply. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill toured the improvement works on July 16.
Environment

Work Progressing Smoothly on Santa Cruz Water Supply System

Improvement works on Phase 1B of the Santa Cruz Water Supply System, which will see some 4.4 kilometres of pipeline laid from the town of Santa Cruz to Lovely Point in the parish of St. Elizabeth, is moving apace and should be completed on scheduled in December. On completion, the project is expected to facilitate housing developments across that section...
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second left) along with from left: Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce and Acting President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett tour works being undertaken on the Santa Cruz Water Supply System on July 16. The project will see some 23,000 additional residents benefiting from improved water supply.
Environment

Delinquent NWC Customers Urged To Pay Up

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill is appealing to residents in St. Elizabeth to bring their outstanding accounts up-to-date, under the National Water Commission’s (NWC) new debt forgiveness programme. Speaking to journalists during a tour of improvement works on the Santa Cruz Water supply System, on July 16, Minister Pickersgill said payments of outstanding water...
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), is in conversation with Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight, at the recent launch of the Yallahs River and Hope River Watershed Management Project at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston. At right is Country Representative for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones.
Environment

US$3.9 Million Watershed Protection Project to Improve Water Supply to KMR

Some 660,000 residents of the Kingston Metropolitan Region (KMR) are to benefit from improved water supply, as a result of work being undertaken by the Government to safeguard the Yallahs River and Hope River watersheds. The US$3.9 million project, which was launched in April, is aimed at protecting the area from degradation, while improving water resource management. It is being...
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Climate ChangeEnvironment

Experts to Undertake Case Studies on Climate Change Vulnerability

Local experts are to undertake a series of 15 case studies, to assess the country’s level of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and recommend measures to lessen the risks identified. Contracts for the undertaking were signed by four consultants, along with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales, during a ceremony...
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