The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to launch a massive clean-up drive aimed at eliminating mosquito breeding sites in major towns across the island. This initiative is part of the Government’s integrated vector control programme to contain the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the disease. The NSWMA’s Interim Executive Director, Colonel Daniel Pryce, has called for partnership in...

As part of the Government’s coordinated effort to enhance the country’s resilience to deal with disasters, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is working to strengthen the communication network of emergency agencies. To give extra push to this initiative, the agency launched Disaster Preparedness Month (June) under the theme: ‘Connect to Protect: Advancing Emergency, Telecommunications, Strengthening Community...

The Government of Jamaica has received a US$1.8 million grant from Mexico to rehabilitate the access road leading to the Riverton City landfill in St. Andrew. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, and Mexican Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Cecilia Jaber, signed the grant agreement on June 3, at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston....

A total of $7.47 billion was collected in property taxes for the period 2014/15 representing a compliance rate of 54 per cent. This figure is $1.64 billion more than the $5.83 billion collected for 2013/14, where the compliance rate was 51 per cent. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, made the disclosure during the sitting of...

Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, has emphasised that the country needs to create a safer environment for the children, while ensuring that they exhibit good values and attitudes. “A nation is judged, to a large extent, by how it treats its children and the elderly,” the Custos said. Mr. Fuller was speaking at a National Child Month Committee (NCMC)...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, will install Rev. the Hon. Jeffery McKenzie, JP, Pastor of the Phillippo Baptist Church in Spanish Town, as Custos Rotulorum for the parish of St. Catherine, on Thursday, June 11. The ceremony will be held at the National Police College in St. Catherine, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The function is open...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is receiving positive feedback from its six-month Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Pilot Project. Launched in March, the project is geared towards encouraging Jamaicans to dispose of E-Waste the right way. The project targets six communities - Duhaney Park, Patrick City and Harbour View in St. Andrew, and Hellshire, Angels 1, 2 and Angels Grove...