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Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (left), discusses a matter of interest from a United Nations (UN) publication with (from second left) Pollution Control Director, Economic Growth Ministry, Nicole O'Reggio; Project Manager, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) – Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) Jamaica Project, Dr. Ruth Potopsingh; and Senior Director, Environment and Risk Management Division, Economic Growth Ministry, Gillian Guthrie. Occasion was a national stakeholders meeting for the UNEP-GFEI Jamaica Project at the Half-Way Tree Road offices of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation on Wednesday (April 4).
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (left), discusses a matter of interest from a United Nations (UN) publication with (from second left) Pollution Control Director, Economic Growth Ministry, Nicole O'Reggio; Project Manager, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) – Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) Jamaica Project, Dr. Ruth Potopsingh; and Senior Director, Environment and Risk Management Division, Economic Growth Ministry, Gillian Guthrie. Occasion was a national stakeholders meeting for the UNEP-GFEI Jamaica Project at the Half-Way Tree Road offices of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation on Wednesday (April 4).

Jamaica Praised for Work to Reduce Motor-Vehicle Emissions

By: Alecia Smith, April 5, 2018
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has commended Jamaica on its ongoing efforts to reduce motor-vehicle carbon dioxide (CO²) emissions through improved fuel efficiency. This is expected to improve the...
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left) is about to place an empty plastic bottle in a recycling bin, during the launch of the Environmental Wardens Programme in schools on February 1 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. From right are State Minister for Education, Hon. Floyd Green (right); Environmental Warden, Ricardo Gouldbourne; Chairman of Recycling Partners of Jamaica Limited (RPJL), Lucille Brodber; and Environmental Warden, Samantha Wilson.

50 Environmental Wardens to Be Placed in Primary Schools

By: Rochelle Williams, February 5, 2018
Senior Director of Technical Service in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson, addressing a Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dialogue for Development Lecture Series at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on October 12.

Senior Director in the Tourism Ministry Calls for Responsible and Sustainable Tourism

By: Garwin Davis, October 17, 2017

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