As Jamaicans prepare to participate in cleanup activities on Labour Day, May 23, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is urging them to get a copy of its Citizens’ Guide. The document is available for download via the entity’s website at www.nswma.gov.jm. In an interview with JIS News, Executive Director at the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, said the guide, titled...

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, António Guterres (third left), tours the Artwalk in Kingston Creative District, downtown Kingston, on May 15. He was accompanied by (from left), Deputy Director, Kingston Creative, Janet Crick; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge and Executive Director and Co-Founder,...

A slate of events is being planned to celebrate the 300th (tercentennial) anniversary of Hanover’s incorporation as a parish. Deputy Mayor of Lucea and Co-Chair of the Planning Committee, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, made the announcement during the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting on May 11. She brought a Notice of Motion to the Council with the intention to declare Sunday,...

Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew and Chairman, Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal, Hon. Ian Forbes (second left), and fellow stakeholders display a symbolic cheque, in the sum of $750,000, which was presented for the procurement of a water heater for the Curphey Home for ex-servicemen and women in Manchester. The funds were donated by the Office of the Custos Rotulorum through...

The St. Ann Police have issued a reminder that heavy-duty vehicles are not allowed to traverse the Fern Gully main road in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.  This comes in the wake of the 24-hour closure of the roadway on May 9, following an accident involving a paint truck which resulted in spillage along a section of the corridor.  Speaking during...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has commended the Pantomime Company Limited for promoting solid waste management in its newest show, ‘Trash and Hype’, which opened at the Little Theatre on April 1.   The final shows are scheduled for Saturday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 14 at 4:30 p.m.  Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon,...

Jamaicans are being encouraged to pay their property taxes to ensure effective and efficient delivery of solid-waste management services. The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), through funding from the Parochial Revenue Fund (property tax), provides the public cleansing services of sweeping and residential collection of solid waste. “The question of property tax [has become] more and more important. That...