The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has launched a public education initiative aimed at encouraging the utilization of re-usable bags instead of the single-use plastic versions. The launch, which...

Young people are being urged to participate in the Youth Environmental Advocacy Programme (YEAP) in order to help influence national environmental policies, plans and programmes. Minister without Portfolio in the...

The country’s ability to detect, monitor and prepare for earthquakes is being strengthened through the input of secondary-school students. This is being facilitated under the Jamaican Educational Seismic Network (JAESN),...

An agreement in principle has been reached with Sandals Resorts International (SRI) to facilitate the reopening of the Dragon Bay Hotel in Portland. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz says the Government intends to delineate the boundary of the Cockpit Country. Mr. Vaz made...

Response to a proposal by the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation for climate change readiness financing from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), is...

Jamaica’s first Beach Safety and Security Watch was launched on June 19 at the Greenwich Farm Fishing Village, in Kingston. The watch is a subset of the Neighbourhood Watch Programme,...

Jamaica is preparing to tap into US$10.3 billion available to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. The country is joining 200 other developing states in formulating viable proposals to...