Jamaicans are being encouraged to practise better food waste management to reduce the volume of items that are disposed of in the nation’s landfills. The call comes from Process Development Officer at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Milynda Dosunmu. She told JIS News that foods that farmers, customers, and businesses consider unpresentable should not be thrown out, but rather be...

Some 600 households spanning seven communities in St. Ann are benefiting from improved access to potable water following the commissioning of a 50,000-gallon storage tank in the parish on Thursday (February 23). The $17-million glass-fused-to-steel bolted tank, located in Liberty district, replaces an old 20,000-gallon capacity metal structure that had deteriorated. It serves Liberty, Roadside, New Banks, Tanglewood, Lewis, Coolshade...

FirstRock Real Estate Investments (FREI) will soon be bringing its $2.5-billion luxury residential development, Bonne Chance, to market. Located at 8A Brompton Road on the outskirts of New Kingston, the nine-storey, mid-level high-rise complex will feature 43 units, ranging from studios to penthouse suites. The ground-breaking ceremony was held on Thursday (February 23). It will comprise 31 studios – 700...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island this morning, February 27, 2023, to lead a special CARICOM mission to Haiti which will also be comprised of representatives from the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago as well as the CARICOM Secretariat. As part of this mission, the Prime Minister and the CARICOM delegation members are expected to have discussions with several critical...

A project aimed at promoting community-based climate resilience in the fisheries sector has been given a $313-million allocation for the upcoming fiscal year. Details of the undertaking are contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which began in December 2015, aims to enhance resilience to climate change among targeted fishing and aquaculture...

Widening and dualisation of Grange Lane in St. Catherine will continue during the 2023/24 fiscal year with an allocation of $878 million. The sum is contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, recently. The project aims to improve mobility...

The Government’s Electronic Land Titling project is to continue in the upcoming fiscal year from an allocation of $160 million. The project aims to improve the efficiency of the land registration process from the point of application through to issuing of a legally binding proof of title. Details of the allocation are contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, now...