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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste and Management Authority (NSWMA), Joan Gordon Webley, has said that the agency would be exploring an energy plan of converting waste into energy. "The plan would allow the NSWMA to take out of the Riverton area and indeed the other landfills, those garbage which have been there for a long time and use...

As part of measures to reform local government, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for the reform, Robert Montague, has said that since September last year, the payment for street lighting, solid waste collection and standpipes have been returned to the local authorities. The Minister, who was speaking at a media round table on...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has indicated that help is on the way for 87 farmers whose farms were recently devastated by fire in the community of Bigwoods, St. Elizabeth. Speaking yesterday (March 6), at the Bigwoods Primary School, Dr. Tufton noted that in all, more than 300 acres of land would have to be replanted. "Our initial figure...

Some 80 Justices of the Peace (JPs) have completed a training course, as part of the new approach being employed by the Justice Training Institute (JTI). Audrey Sewell, Director of the Justice Training Institute (JTI), told JIS News that part of the new approach is that it should be "compulsory for all Justices of the Peace to be trained, prior...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste and Management Authority (NSWMA), Joan Gordon Webley, has said that the agency would be exploring an energy plan of converting waste into energy. "The plan would allow the NSWMA to take out of the Riverton area and indeed the other landfills, those garbage which have been there for a long time and use...

As part of measures to reform local government, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for the reform, Robert Montague, has said that since September last year, the payment for street lighting, solid waste collection and standpipes have been returned to the local authorities. The Minister, who was speaking at a media round table on...

Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton has indicated that help is on the way for 87 farmers whose farms were recently devastated by fire in the community of Bigwoods, St. Elizabeth. Speaking yesterday (March 6), at the Bigwoods Primary School, Dr. Tufton noted that in all, more than 300 acres of land would have to be replanted. "Our initial figure...

As we once again observe International Women's Day, we express our pride in the women of Jamaica and salute them for the vital role they play in our society. The women of Jamaica have been called upon to bear an unfair share of the burden in cradling our society, raising our children and providing for our families. They have borne...

As we once again observe International Women's Day, we express our pride in the women of Jamaica and salute them for the vital role they play in our society. The women of Jamaica have been called upon to bear an unfair share of the burden in cradling our society, raising our children and providing for our families. They have borne...

Students from a number of schools in Spanish Town came out in their numbers on Tuesday (March 4) to participate in the Peace Day march organized by the Violence Prevention Alliance. The students, who were joined by marching bands, started out at the Dempshire Pen Early Childhood Centre, which is close to the Spanish Town Hospital and travelled along Barrett,...

Access to research material and technical reports on Caribbean policy issues, particularly those relating to social developments in Jamaica, has been enhanced through the creation of the Jamaica Social Policy Research Database (JAMSPRED). The database, which was officially launched at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) downtown Kingston on Wednesday (March 5), is a collaborative effort involving the Sir Arthur...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports with responsibility for Women's Affairs and Gender Issues, Hon Olivia 'Babsy" Grange today (March 6) launched the Sisters to Sisters Mediathon, in aid of the Women's Centre Foundation of Jamaica's (WCFJ) programme for adolescent mothers and the Bureau of Women's Affairs Shelter for Battered Women. The event, which will be carried live on...