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The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be ramping up efforts this year to keep the country clean and safeguard public health. Executive Director of the NSWMA, Jennifer Edwards, says that focus will be placed on waste reduction, through a series of public education messages to encourage members of the public to reuse, reduce and recycle. She tells JIS...

A total of $3 billion has been allocated to the National Water Commission (NWC) to undertake a major programme to replace or rehabilitate several of the 445 water storage tanks across the island to bring them to full functionality. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate, Hon. Robert Pickergsill, who made the announcement during the sitting of the House of...

The city of Montego Bay and by extension, western Jamaica, should benefit significantly from an international partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI), which was launched on January 17, at the Wexford Court Hotel, in Montego Bay. The primary objective of the initiative is to improve the quality of life in selected cities in...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, says Jamaica needs to entrench a culture of recycling and reuse of its solid waste in a bid to preserve the environment. “We generate 1,200 tonnes of waste per day in the Corporate Area alone. Of this, 40 per cent of it is recyclable, which presents a tremendous business opportunity,” the...

The parish of St. Mary has a new Custos Rotulorum. He is hotelier Jeffrey McKitty, who was sworn in on Monday (January 14), during a ceremony at King’s House. Mr. McKitty replaces Hon. Alrick Pottinger, whose retirement became effective on December 31, last year. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who presided over the brief ceremony, expressed...

Mayor of Savanna-La-Mar, Bertel Moore, is appealing to persons setting illicit fires to cane fields across the parish to desist, as they are harming the industry. "It is high time for citizens of the parish, who are engaged in these unlawful activities year after year, to understand the serious and irreparable damage to the sugar industry and to the livelihood...

The Westmoreland Parish Council has set up a Safety and Security Committee, with the primary objective of facilitating partnerships, collaborations and consultations to improve the safety and security of the citizens of the parish. Speaking with JIS News at the first parish council meeting for the new year, held on Thursday (January 10), Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar and Chairman of the...

National Water Commission (NWC) Chairman, Dr. Leary Myers, says the agency will spearhead the implementation of projects valued over $3.7 billion per year, for the next eight years, until the expiration of the organisation’s K-Factor Programme in 2021. He was speaking during Wednesday’s (January 9) contract signing for implementation of the NWC’s $745 million Sector F Sewerage Systems Rehabilitation Project...

Just over 3,000 residents of Majestic Gardens, Seaview Gardens, and Riverton City in St. Andrew will benefit from rehabilitation works to be carried out on sewerage facilities serving those communities. This will be done at a cost of $745 million, under the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Sector F Sewerage Systems Rehabilitation Project. Contracts for the 24-month project were signed on...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says phase two of the Black River Market is to begin soon with the objective of completing the project this year. “We have just completed phase one of this fantastic project. It will benefit the farmers and citizens of St. Elizabeth, Black River, in particular. We will move quickly on...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be rolling out a new strategic plan geared towards improving customer service, Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, has informed. “This will be a first for the KSAC and comes out of the strategic priorities on which we are focused… The customer service strategy and plan will lay the foundation for...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has put an audit committee in place, which will have oversight of the financial reporting process to ensure accuracy and transparency. The body, which was formed during the regular Council meeting at the organisation’s Church Street chambers in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (January 8), is chaired by Councillor Vernon McLeod. Other members include:...