The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) continues to monitor the air quality in the Corporate Area, as the Government intensifies efforts to extinguish the fire at the Riverton City Landfill. Acting Manager of the Air Quality Management Branch at NEPA, Steven Panton, told JIS News that the agency is using the “necessary resources to capture accurate data” on the...

Repairs to the roadway leading to the Riverton City Landfill will continue in the new fiscal year, with an allotment of $30 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure. The project seeks to improve the utilisation of the Riverton Landfill and reduce the downtime and operating costs of garbage trucks. Rehabilitation of the two kilometres of roadway will include: preparation...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be implementing additional measures this year to address the problem of illegal vending downtown. Speaking at the Corporation’s monthly meeting held in Council Chambers, downtown Kingston on Tuesday, February 10, Deputy Mayor, Andrew Swaby, said the new strategies will be strictly monitored. He said consultations are being held with several stakeholders to...

Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, is calling on parents and guardians to get their children vaccinated in order to minimize exposure to life threatening diseases. The Deputy Mayor made the call during the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) monthly meeting on February 10, held at the Council’s Chambers, downtown Kingston. Citing the recent outbreak of measles in...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) on Wednesday, February10 passed a resolution for the allocation of $39.6 million from its Equalization Fund to complete upgrading works at the Queens Market, downtown. The resolution was passed at the KSAC’s monthly meeting held in Council Chambers at 24 Church Street. Councillor Kevin Taylor, who moved the resolution, noted the improvements will...

Jamaica has agreed to assist Costa Rica to establish a Local Government system which includes facilitating visits by Costa Rican Government officials to familiarise themselves with the Parish Council and Municipal system in Jamaica. This is among other areas of functional cooperation being considered to strengthen ties between the two countries. The issues were raised during bilateral talks between Prime...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) public cleansing programme in Falmouth has been improved, with the addition of a new garbage compactor to its fleet. The unit, which is valued at $25 million, was donated by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), under its Resort Upgrading Programme, in tandem with the NSWMA’s Falmouth Re-Development, Public Cleansing and Beautification Plan. The...