WPM Waste Management Limited (WPM WML) wishes to advise that a small fire was discovered at its Retirement Disposal Site in St James on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, at approximately 11:00 p.m. The blaze was detected at a section of the facility that is referred to as the active cell/tipping phase. Landfill staff was notified and heavy-duty equipment was used...

Infirmaries and Golden Age Homes across the island will benefit from a donation of more than 40 smartphones from telecommunications provider, Digicel, to enable residents to make contact with loved ones during the Christmas season. Some of the phones were handed over today (December 16), and will be used to enhance the ‘Virtually Connected While Staying Socially Distant Initiative’, being...

The Hanover Municipal Corporation has joined the Westmoreland and St. James authorities in cancelling the staging of the traditional Grand Market in the parish. At Tuesday’s (December 15) sitting of the Corporation in Lucea, the Councillors, on a bipartisan basis, voted to cancel the event this year, due to the heightened risk for transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Mayor of...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams, says the decision to cancel Grand Market this year is aimed at protecting residents of the parish against the coronavirus (COVID-19). He said with the knowledge of the risk to health that the virus presents he “could not in good conscience endanger the lives of residents” by staging the traditional Christmas Eve shopping...

The Santa Cruz Fire Station in St. Elizabeth has received a new skid unit, which will enable firefighters to better respond to bush fires in sections of the parish. The unit, mounted on a pickup truck and equipped with a manual reel, a pump and a 125-gallon water tank, was handed over on Wednesday (December 9) by Commissioner of the...

Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart, is suggesting that more focus be placed on hosting coronavirus (COVID-19) sensitisation sessions and public education campaigns in communities as part of efforts to reduce the spread of the virus. Councillor Stewart, who was speaking during the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ recent weekly ‘COVID Conversations’ digital press conference, argued that the...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is in the process of identifying a suitable arrangement for the relocation of the Doctor’s Wood landfill in Portland. This follows a request by the owner of the property for the facility to be removed. NSWMA and the property owner had reached an agreement several years ago for a section of the lands,...