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Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (standing), addressing a recent sitting of the Senate, at Gordon House. Listening is colleague Member of the Upper House, Senator Charles Sinclair.

Government Senator Urges Sustained Private Sector Support for Ban on Plastics

By: Alecia Smith, November 17, 2019

Business interests are being encouraged to continue supporting the Government as it embarks on the second phase of the ban on specific categories of plastic packaging material, which ultimately aims...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., signs a painting during the University of Technology’s second International Built Environment Conference at the institution’s Papine campus in St. Andrew, on Thursday (November 7). He was the keynote speaker. Looking on (from left) are Programme Administrator in the Built Environment Faculty, Dr. Patricia Green; Faculty Dean, Dr. Garfield Young; and the Faculty’s Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Paul Ivey.

UTECH Launches Built Environment Graduate Programmes

By: Tanesha Mundle, November 8, 2019

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr Carey Wallace.

Tourism Enhancement Fund Committed To Environmental Preservation

By: Colleen Dawkins, October 31, 2019

Environment 6 years ago UNEP Endorses Rae Town Plastic Recycling Pilot Project
By: Rochelle Williams, October 31, 2019
Environment 6 years ago Plastic Recycling Pilot Project Launched In Rae Town
By: Rochelle Williams, October 30, 2019
Environment 6 years ago Jamaica’s Capacity To Access Climate Funding Strengthened
By: Alecia Smith, October 24, 2019

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while delivering a Statement in the House of Representatives on October 22.

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PM Calls On Developed Countries To Fulfil Commitments With Climate Financing

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on leaders of developed countries to fulfil their commitments for climate financing agreed to at the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) in...

By: Chris Patterson, October 23, 2019

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), cuts the ribbon to unveil Red Stripe’s redesigned area for waste storage. This followed the official launch of the ‘Red Stripe Circular Economy Project’, at the company’s Spanish Town Road location in St. Andrew, on Tuesday (October 22). The Minister is assisted by the brewery’s Managing Director, Luis Prata. The project seeks to divert waste streams of wood, paper, plastics and metal to productive enterprise, thereby reducing the company’s waste to landfill output to zero.

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Minister Welcomes Project By Red Stripe To Protect Environment

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has welcomed the latest initiative by brewing company, Red Stripe, aimed at reducing the company’s...

By: Alecia Smith, October 23, 2019

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), and student of Trinity Preparatory School in Linstead, St. Catherine, Jhariel Davis (left), plant a sapling during Monday’s (October 21) UNESCO Youth Advisory Committee tree planting and renovation initiative at the institution. Looking on are other students of the school.

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PHOTOS: Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. At UNESCO Tree Planting Initiative, Trinity Preparatory School

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

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Head of NSWMA Calls on Jamaicans to Play Their Part in Waste Management

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is calling on Jamaicans to play their part in proper waste management. “We communicate to the public when...

By: Charnelle Henry, October 14, 2019

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (centre), is assisted by TEF officers (from left) Royleta Fraser and Marva Francis, to bag debris collected during a clean-up exercise on International Coastal Cleanup Day , September 21, 2019, on the Palisadoes coastline.

6 years ago Environment

Less Plastic On Coastline

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, says the ban on single-use plastics has reduced the amount of plastic pollutants collected along the Palisadoes coastline on...

By: Colleen Dawkins, October 10, 2019

Canada's High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters (left) and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Malgorzata Wasilewska participate in clean-up activities at the Port Royal Beach at Foreshore Road on October 5. The European Union in Jamaica and the Canadian High Commission are partnering for the second year to host a beach clean-up in observation of International Coastal Clean-up Day 2019. The event aims to raise awareness and contribute to global efforts to reduce and avoid plastic pollution, including marine litter.

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PHOTOS: Beach Clean Up Day in Port Royal

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Prime Minister to Make Appeal for Investment in Green Climate Funding

Prime Minister Andrew Holness departed the island last night for the Green Climate Fund Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea. The Prime Minister will...

By: Office of the Prime Minister, October 5, 2019

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), is assisted by student at the Jamaica House Basic School in St. Andrew, Zaire Quest (centre), to plant a Jamaican Mahogany tree, at the launch of the National Tree Planting Programme on Friday (October 4) at Jamaica House. The initiative will result in the planting of three million trees over the next three years. Looking on is Chief Executive Officer at the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley.

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Three Million Trees to be Planted Over Three Years

Jamaica is targeting the planting of three million timber and ornamental trees over the next three years under a National Tree Planting Programme launched by Prime Minister, the Most Hon....

By: Garfield L. Angus, October 4, 2019

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