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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), exchanges Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jamalco’s Chief Executive Officer, Antonio Melo, after the signing on May 29 at his New Kingston offices. The MoU should see Jamalco expediting titles for 1,500 persons on the company’s resettlement programme.

1,500 Persons to Get Land Titles

The Government has entered into an agreement with Jamalco to expedite titles for over 1,500 persons on the company’s resettlement programme. Under the agreement, Jamalco will submit for processing, all of the title applications through the Land Administration and Management...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, urging residents of St. James to pay their water bills, in order to reduce the $2 billion owing to the National Water Commission (NWC) by them. The Minister was addressing a ceremony in Gutters, Granville, in St. James, where a water supply system was officially commissioned into service on May 22.

Minister Pickersgill Urges Residents To Pay Their Water Bills

Senior Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Sandra Senior Brown, plants a shrub, during Labour Day activities today (May 25), at the Ministry’s 16a Half-Way-Tree Road premises.

Climate Change Ministry Beautifies Half-Way-Tree Road Premises

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), looks on as water gushes from a fire hydrant, at the official commissioning into service of the Gutters/Retirement Water Supply System in West Central St. James on Friday (May 22). Others (from right) are: Minister of State for Industry, Investment, and Commerce, and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes Abrahams; Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris; and Councillor for the Granville Division, and Deputy Mayor Michael Troupe.

Minister Pickergsill Turns on Gutters/Retirement Water System

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), interacts with awardees in the Ministry’s Climate Change Division’s logo competition, during the presentation ceremony at the Forestry Department’s head office in St. Andrew, on May 8, at which he was the keynote speaker. The recipients were: Jermaine Levene (left), Meadowbrook High School, St. Andrew, who was third; Sheena McLean (2nd left), Northern Caribbean University (NCU), who placed second; and winner, Dihanroy Mitchell, Green Pond High School, St. James, whose prizes were collected by National Works Agency (NWA) Communications and Customer Service Manager, Stephen Shaw (2nd right), who chairs of the school’s Board.

Greater Youth Involvement in Climate Change Sensitization Being Encouraged

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), presents Ann-Marie Bowley with a certificate of title during a ceremony held at the Bethel Baptist Church in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on May 1. Ms. Bowley collected the document on behlaf of her mother, Imogene Bowley, who was among the 101 persons issued with land titles under the Government

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101 Persons Receive Land Titles in Bog Walk

Another 101 Jamaicans are now proud owners of land in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, after being presented with registered titles on May 1. The certificates of title were issued through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP), during a ceremony at the Bethel Baptist Church, in Bog Walk. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who handed out several...

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NWC Completes 25 Water and Sewerage Projects

During the last fiscal year (2014/15), the National Water Commission (NWC) completed 25 water and sewerage projects. “Billions were expended by the agency on the continued implementation of water supply improvement projects islandwide,” Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said as he made his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives,...

11 years ago Environment

Manual on Land Divestment Developed

In a move to make land divestment transparent, fair and equitable, the Government has produced the Land Divestment Policy Framework and Procedures Manual. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, who made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate in the House on April 29, said the document provides a guide to all...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivers the opening address at the Climate Change Resilience and Food Security Workshop held on April 14 at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston. The event was hosted by the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau (CGB) and the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the West Indies.

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Gov’t Studying Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture

The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, is investigating the impacts of climate change on domestic and export crops and meat production. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said that study, being undertaken by the Climate Studies Group at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, is part of measures being undertaken by the Government to strengthen the...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, delivering the keynote address at the launch of the US$3.9 million Yallahs and Hope River Watershed Project, held on April 13, at the Terra Nova Hotel, in St. Andrew.

11 years ago Environment

US$3.9 Million Watershed Project Launched

The Government has launched a US$3.9 million project to protect the Yallahs and Hope River areas from degradation, and improve water resource management. The five-year project, which is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Global Environment Facility, will also seek to achieve institutional strengthening and capacity building for integrating biodiversity into watershed management. Delivering the keynote address...

Deputy Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, provides an update on the Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP) at a JIS Think Tank on April 2, 2015.

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Adaptation Fund Programme Building Climate Change Resilience

The Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP), implemented in 2013, is significantly helping to build the country’s resilience to climate change. Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, says the programme, funded to the tune of US$10 million, has been pivotal in “helping local communities and institutions...

11 years ago Environment

Dialogue Still on About Negril Breakwater Project

The Government of Jamaica is working to address concerns raised by members of the Negril community in order to move ahead with the proposed Negril reef extension/breakwater project. The project, which falls under the US$10 million funded Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme, was proposed to be completed in 2016. However, Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica...