The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is reporting that almost 100,000 pounds of plastic have been collected under its pilot plastic separation project implemented in several St. Andrew communities last year. “We selected 16 communities that we believe can become more sustainable in terms of the approach towards [plastic] separation and we have been working with them,” said NSWMA...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise the public, that a decision has been taken to close its St. Andrew Revenue Service Centre (Constant Spring Tax Office), today, Monday June 7, 2021 until further notice. The closure has become necessary, as the Jamaica Fire Brigade conducts an investigation into a fire which was detected earlier today in a section of...

NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL  NOTES Confirmed Cases 32 48,983 SEX CLASSIFICATION Females 24 27,402 Males 8 21,578 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 8 months to 81 years 1 day to 108 years PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES     Clarendon 4 2,665 Hanover 0 1,310 Kingston & St. Andrew 4 13,593 Manchester 3 2,942 Portland 2 1,574 St....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is seeking to expand the Jamaica National Service Corps (JNSC) to reach more of the nation’s unattached youth. “We recognise that we need to place far more resources into programmes like these (JNSC). As soon as we return to normal, we will have to increase the intake and eventually, the policy position...

One hundred and fifty households in Steer Town, St. Ann are being wired for connection to the national electricity grid. The work is being done under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) $189 million Community Electrification Project, which is funded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. The project forms part of the Government’s efforts to provide vulnerable...

Director, Environmental Management and Conservation, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie (left), along with Chief Executive Officer, and Government Town Planner, NEPA, Peter Knight, participates in mangrove replanting activities along the Palisadoes strip within the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area (P-PRPA), on June 4.

The Senate has approved legislation to formally merge the functions of the Agricultural Marketing Corporation (AMC) under the Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC). The Bill, the Agro-Investment Corporation (Amendment) Act, was passed today (June 4), without amendments. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Leslie Campbell, who piloted the Bill, said the merger is consistent with...