A collaborative routine maintenance programme has been established for the Riley River in Hanover, as a short-term solution to addressing the issue of regular flooding in the parish’s capital, Lucea....

The Forestry Department is encouraging schools and students at the early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary levels to participate in the National School Tree-Planting (NSTP) competition. The competition will be...

The Government will be making changes to the ban on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene to counter practices being carried out by persons that are outside of the regulations. Minister...

The Government is to bring to Parliament, very soon, a new legal designation for ecologically sensitive areas. This will provide a greater level of protection for areas with particular environmental...

The Government is to legislate the Deposit Refund Scheme for plastic bottles by the end of this financial year. This will boost the effort to improve the country’s environmental and...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Hon. Everald Warmington, officially broke ground for the Falmouth to Springvale road rehabilitation project in Trelawny, on...

Progress is being made in the development of the Government of Jamaica’s National Digital Cadastral Map, thanks to the incorporation of technology in data collection. The map, which details the...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday (August 23) between the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Arc Properties Limited, for the contribution of units to...