As the Atlantic Hurricane Season approaches, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the local authorities, are putting measures in place to ensure that the country is...

Jamaicans are being urged to plan ahead for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which is expected to see the Caribbean facing at least one major hurricane. Acting Director of the...

Approximately 9,000 residents of communities in Western Westmoreland are to benefit from improved access to potable water under the Nonpareil Water Supply Mains Replacement and Upgrading Project. The project, which...

Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan, is urging citizens to continue practising water conservation measures. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Mr. Buchannan...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will launch Hurricane Preparedness Month in May, which will seek to heighten the country’s readiness for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season....

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is encouraging young persons to play a greater role in protecting the environment. He emphasized that it is imperative...

A $73 million project to improve the sewerage system in the Liguanea area of St. Andrew is currently underway, which should significantly protect the aquifers. Three works are included in...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing has been allocated $181 million in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, to commence implementation of a disaster management programme, this year. The programme...

Just over $5 million has been set aside in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to continue measures to phase out the use of ozone depleting...

The National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) efforts to strengthen the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Protected Area System will be bolstered this year, as some $47.6 million...

A total of $169.5 million has been allocated for the implementation of a Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction project, in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the...