The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is being urged to clear encroaching trees and vegetation from power lines, as the country begins its preparation for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which starts on June 1. “We are going to be writing to the JPS. Already, many persons are concerned about the trees that have developed a personal relationship with the JPS...

Homeless people in St Ann will soon have a comfortable place to lay their heads, as a $21-million homeless shelter being constructed in Buckfield, Ocho Rios, is nearing completion. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, announced the shelter’s construction in May 2021. Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Sydney Stewart, told JIS News that the building,...

Students from Ascot Primary School deliver a rendition of the song 'the Goodness of God' during the Portmore City Municipality’s 20th anniversary church service at the Power of Faith Ministries International, Portmore Town Centre, St. Catherine, on May 21.

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, led a team from the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) in planting trees at Maverley Park and at a green space being created in Duhaney Park, St. Andrew. The tree-planting exercise was part of the KSAMC’s activities in the Corporate Area for Labour Day on Tuesday (May 23). They were assisted...

Members of the St. James Municipal Corporation will be planting some 50 trees at Salt Spring Primary School and Maldon High School in the parish on Labour Day, Tuesday, May 23. This was disclosed by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams, while delivering remarks during a Workers’ Week Church Service on Sunday (May 21). The service, which was held...

Comprehensive soil surveys are underway in two parishes, the results of which will inform national action to promote sustainable land use and management practices for agriculture and infrastructure development. Currently, soil assessments are being conducted at the Holland Estate and Ginger Hill in St. Elizabeth, as well as Lowe River in Trelawny, which are the pilot areas for the project....

Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says there are several benefits to be derived from composting. “There is no better soil nutrient than compost. [It] produces better yield and it's good clean nourishment that the plants get,” Mr. Gordon told JIS News at the recent Compost Expo, held at the entity’s head office in Kingston. Composting...