Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (Water, Environment and Climate Change), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), and Commissioner of Mines in the Mines and Geology Division of the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Roy Nicholson (right), listen as Senior Manager of the Environmental Sub-Division of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Richard Nelson (centre), outlines the dangers of illegal sand mining. Occasion was a recent visit by the Minister to the community of Great Bay in St. Elizabeth, in the wake of illegal sand-mining concerns by residents.
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (Water, Environment and Climate Change), Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (right), converses with Councillor of the Pedro Plains Division in St. Elizabeth, Jeremy Palmer, during a recent visit to the Great Bay community in the parish. The visit by the Minister was to assess illegal sand-mining concerns by residents. He was accompanied by personnel from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA).
