The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting that 42 prosecutions and 27 convictions have been effected for breaches of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2018, since the institution of the ban on select categories of single-use plastics two years ago. This was disclosed by Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change,...

After reading the heartbreaking story shared by 12-year-old student, Avatar Muschette, in The Gleaner newspaper recently, Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, invited him to her offices on Thursday (February 4), where she presented him with schoolbooks and a tablet. Minister Williams said after reading his story, the Ministry had to act immediately. “We had to intervene...

The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, in partnership with Field Trip Health, has launched a new laboratory dedicated to the study of psilocybin, which aims to conduct research that will better offer medical treatments for persons in need. The facility, called the Field Trip Natural Products Lab, was launched at the Faculty of Science and Technology at UWI,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with responsibility for Works, Hon. C. Everald Warmington, has outlined some roads that are earmarked for upgrade and improvement, under the new Special Infrastructure Programme. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Warmington explained the rationale for the programme. “We have developed a programme to look at some...

The Government is exploring measures that can be incorporated in the management of polyethylene and polypropylene containers that have replaced the expanded polystyrene foam containers on the domestic market. This was disclosed by Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, during Tuesday’s (February 9) sitting of the House of Representatives. “We acknowledge that this...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says lucrative job opportunities are available in the field of actuarial science, and more students should pursue this field of study. “It is not overcrowded by any stretch of the imagination, but it requires that you really work hard, apply yourself, and at the end the rewards are great. Surveys show...

The AgriCare Programme, a newly developed group life and health insurance plan for farmers and fisherfolk, will come into effect on March 1. The groundbreaking initiative is a partnership between the Government and Sagicor Life Insurance Company. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, made the announcement during the House of Representatives sitting on Tuesday (February 9). Under the...