As at April this year, some 20,315 files have been opened to provide new applications for titles under the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). Of that number, a total of 4,590 new titles have been produced and 2,746 existing certificates of title were regularised. This was disclosed by Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill,...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill is urging rural communities to, this Labour Day, clean and restore the areas surrounding water tanks that have been out of use. Mr. Pickersgill told JIS News that there were close to 400 tanks across the island that are in need of repairs. He said Rural Water Supply Limited...

Head of the Meteorological Service, Jeffery Spooner is urging Jamaicans to plan for the mid-year dry period despite the traditional “May rains” the country is currently experiencing. Speaking with JIS News Mr. Spooner says January to March, and to a lesser extent, July, are traditional dry periods, and that it is therefore incumbent on everyone to make plans for this...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is cautioning Jamaicans against misuse of the island’s water resources, and to begin adopting alternative harvesting and storing strategies. He made the call at the final public consultation on the draft Water Sector Policy and Implementation Plan, held on April 30 at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston. Mr....

The final in a series of public consultations on the Draft Water Sector Policy and implementation plans will be held on Wednesday, April 30, at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The draft Policy and plans for implementation are intended to provide a guide to the work taking place in the Ministry, and will clearly show...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting a 66 per cent reduction in sightings of the ferocious Pacific lionfish in Jamaican waters. This is just one of the many successes achieved under the recently concluded Mitigating the Threat of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the Insular Caribbean (MTIASIC) project, which was launched four and half years ago. The...

The first in a series of four regional consultations on the Water Sector Policy and Implementation plan was held at the Wexford Hotel in Montego Bay, on Thursday, April 10. The forum, being staged by the Ministry of Water, Land Environment and Climate Change, in collaboration with the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean, gave residents of Trelawny, St. James, Hanover, and Westmoreland,...