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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), turns on water at the official commissioning ceremony for the Burnt Savannah/Knoxwood Water Supply System in Southern St. Elizabeth, on October 30. The project was carried out by the National Water Commission at a cost of $59.6 million and will see over 3,000 customers and schools receiving improved and reliable water supply. To the Minister's right is Member of Parliament for South West St. Elizabeth, Hugh Buchanan and at second right is Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), turns on water at the official commissioning ceremony for the Burnt Savannah/Knoxwood Water Supply System in Southern St. Elizabeth, on October 30. The project was carried out by the National Water Commission at a cost of $59.6 million and will see over 3,000 customers and schools receiving improved and reliable water supply. To the Minister's right is Member of Parliament for South West St. Elizabeth, Hugh Buchanan and at second right is Member of Parliament for North East St. Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce.

Consumers Urged To Pay Water Bills

By: Glenis A. Rose, November 3, 2014
Consumers are being urged to pay their water bills and to report leaking water mains, by calling the National Water Commission (NWC) Leak Hotline. The call came from Minister of...
Manager of Property Services at the National Land Agency (NLA), Peter Baker, gives details of the new Estate Management System (EMS) to be implemented at the NLA, at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

NLA Implementing EMS to Improve Service

By: Oroyo Eubanks, November 3, 2014

More Water for Residents in St. Elizabeth

By: Glenis A. Rose, November 1, 2014

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Jamaicans Urged To Conserve Water

Jamaicans are being urged to conserve water, and to prepare for the next drought period, which begins in December 2014. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert...
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By: Latonya Linton, October 29, 2014
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (left), in discussion with other Ministry executives (from centre) Director of Communications, Winsome Vanhorne-Christie; and Director General, Dr. Sharon Crooks. Occasion was a stakeholder consultation on the Green Paper on the Dolphin Policy for Jamaica, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on September 24. This was the third in a series of consultations being hosted by the Ministry in collaboration with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA).
Environment

More Time for Comments on Dolphin Policy

Stakeholders are being given additional time to submit their comments regarding the Green Paper on the Dolphin Policy for Jamaica, before the document is submitted to Cabinet for approval. This...
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By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, September 25, 2014