More than 190,000lb of plastic have been removed from the waste stream through the expanded National Solid Waste Management Authority (NWSMA) Northern Belt Plastic Separation Programme, in St. Andrew. “We started that programme in January 2020. So, we go from Beverley Hills in the east up to Smokey Vale in the north. We began with 16 communities, but based on...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that over the next two days, motorists may experience delays when travelling along the Sawyers main road in South Trelawny. This, as the Agency completes much needed resurfacing works along this heavily used corridor. The Sawyers main road is located along the Jackson Town to Ullster Spring corridor, and is being repaired to...

Jamaica has partnered with Quality Corporate Aircraft Services (QCAS) Aero, to offer a chartered, premium service from Fort Lauderdale in the United States to the Ian Fleming International Airport (IFIA) in St. Mary. The non-stop flight includes complimentary beverage service as well as reduced processing time pre and post flight. It is scheduled for each Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and...

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The new JS 358: 2022 Standard, which stipulates the limit for lead content in paints and other surface coating material distributed and retailed locally, is to be promulgated by month-end and will take effect in January 2023. Its development was spearheaded by the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) Paints and Surface Coatings Technical Committee and comes against the background of...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), participates in the handover of tablet computers to students at the St. Andrew-based Greenwich Town Primary School, on June 21. Others pictured (from left) are Anita Bennett, student; Principal of the school, Andrea Richards, and another student, Jerdane Dixon.

The National Water Commission is advising that its Contractors will be undertaking the final phase of interconnection works for the new pipeline now installed along Spanish Town Road in the Kingston and St Andrew area. The works will commence on Friday, June 24, 2022. However, based on the extensive nature of the activity, two to three days will be required...