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Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, speaking at a ceremony in Clarks Town, Trelawny, on March 6 to officially commission into service the Clarks Town Water Supply Pipeline Replacement Project.

Jamaicans Urged to Settle Outstanding Accounts with NWC

Jamaicans who owe outstanding sums to the National Water Commission (NWC) are being urged to settle their accounts. Making the call, Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said the NWC is currently owed $20 billion...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right, front row), is assisted by Falmouth’s Mayor, Councillor Garth Wilkinson, to turn on water at a fire hydrant at the Clarks Town Police Station in Trelawny, to signal the official commissioning into service of the Clarks Town Water Supply Pipeline replacement project, on March 6. Representatives of the National Water Commission (NWC), the Trelawny Parish Council as well as Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Hon. Patrick Atkinson (second right, back row) and Acting President of the NWC, Mark Barnett (right, back row), look on.

Improved Water Supply for Residents of Clarks Town

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), listens to a point being made by National Consultant for a regional climate change resilience project, Una May Gordon (right), during the opening ceremony for a national workshop on the project, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, today (March 3). Also pictured is Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Jacinto Buenfil. The US$6 million project, dubbed ‘Building climate resilience of urban systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’, seeks to increase the climate change resilience of vulnerable urban communities in three medium-sized LAC cities in Jamaica, Mexico and El Salvador.

Jamaica to Benefit from Climate Change Resilience Project

Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase, speaking at the launch of the Hazards Handy Manual on February 25, at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) located on Haining Road in Kingston.

Jamaica to Benefit from US$15 Million Climate Change Grant

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), looks on as Barbados’ Minister of Environment, Water Resources, and Drainage, Dr. the Hon. Denis Lowe (2nd left), exchanges a ‘high five’ with Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP), Asad Naqvi (right). Occasion was the official opening of the second Caribbean Green Economy Conference, on February 23, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Also sharing the moment are: St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Hon. Clayton Burgin (2nd right); and Montserrat’s Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing, Environment and Trade, Hon. Claude Logan.

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