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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), plants an East Indian mango tree during the launch of the SCJ Holdings Limited's ‘Navel String' tree planting project in February on the grounds of the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Innswood Artificial Groundwater Recharge facility in St. Catherine. Observing (from left) are: Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier; Chief Executive Officer, SCJ Holdings Limited, John Gayle; and Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley.
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), plants an East Indian mango tree during the launch of the SCJ Holdings Limited's ‘Navel String' tree planting project in February on the grounds of the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Innswood Artificial Groundwater Recharge facility in St. Catherine. Observing (from left) are: Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier; Chief Executive Officer, SCJ Holdings Limited, John Gayle; and Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley.

Navel String Project Engaging Jamaicans in Protecting the Environment

By: Douglas McIntosh, March 27, 2015
SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) is anticipating positive and favourable public response, particularly from young people, to its national ‘Navel String’ project, which targets the cultivation of one million trees islandwide,...
State Minister for Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles (left), observes as Marketing Director, Instant Save, Leanne Spence (right), demonstrates the water saving faucet her company supplies. Occasion was World Meteorological Day 2015 activities held on March 23, at the Undercroft, University of the West Indies Mona Campus. Also looking on (from second left) are: Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Dong Xiaojun; Director, Meteorological Services, Jeffery Spooner; and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency David Fitton.

Jamaicans Urged to Take Care of the Environment

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, March 24, 2015
Minister of Science, Technology, Mining and Energy, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), converses with Project Manager at the Wigton Windfarm, Michelle Chin Lenn (centre), and General Manager, Earl Barrett, at the grounding breaking ceremony for the 24 megawatt (MW) expansion of the wind farm complex, Wigton III.

Wigton Saving the Country Billions in Oil Imports While Cutting Carbon Emissions

By: Garfield Angus, March 24, 2015

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