For the seventh consecutive year, Correctional Officer, Donovan Small, prepared and distributed cooked meals on New Year’s Day (January 1, 2021), to elderly residents and the less fortunate in sections of St. Ann. With the help of relatives, friends and members of the Bamboo United Pentecostal Church, Mr. Small delivered 480 lunches to the homeless and the elderly in Bamboo...

Following a range of incidents involving persons using offshore locations for hosting parties in breach of the Disaster Risk Management Order, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie has announced the immediate closure of Pigeon Cay off the island’s southern coast. “This now takes to three in total, the number of Cays that have been closed and...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is aided by Councillor of the Tivoli Gardens division, Donovan Samuels, in presenting a care package to Adriana Thompson during the Annual West Kingston Senior Citizens' Treat on Sunday (December 20). A mobile version of the treat was held this year due...

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...

Forty-one companies and individuals have been charged for breaches of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition (PPM) Orders since the implementation of the ban on single use plastics in 2019. Chief Executive Officer and Governemnt Town Planner, NEPA, Peter Knight, in making the disclosure, said that 27 persons have already been convicted. “The remaining matters are set...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. says that businesses and consumers will have until June 2021 to become fully compliant with the measures under the third phase of the ban on single-use plastics, which take effect on January 1. This phase relates to the importation, distribution, manufacture and use of commercial single-use...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. says that plastics account for the third-highest category of waste at the island’s disposal facilities. The Minister, who was addressing the virtual Plastic Waste Management Conference,  hosted by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), recently, said it is estimated that each person in Jamaica generates 1.5...