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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), addresses students during the opening ceremony for Geographic Information System (GIS) Day 2013, held on November 20, in the Assembly Hall at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus.

Students Participate in GIS Day Activities

Scores of students from schools across the island converged at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies on Wednesday, November 20, to participate in activities marking Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day 2013. The day was observed under...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second left) and Director, Share Con Limited, Fitzroy Donaldson (second right), sign contracts for the Burnt Savannah/Knoxwood Water Supply Mains Replacement and Upgrading Project during a ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on November 14. Sharing in the moment (from left) are: Member of Parliament, St. Elizabeth South Western, Hugh Buchanan; and Member of Parliament, St. Elizabeth North Eastern, Raymond Pryce. Also pictured in the background is: Vice President, Legal Affairs, National Water Commission, Kevin Williams. The project, which is expected to improve access to potable water in North Eastern and South Western St. Elizabeth, is slated to cost $59.6 million.

3,000 Residents to Benefit From Improved Access to Potable Water

Vice President for Sales and Individual Life at Sagicor Life Jamaica, Mark Chisholm (right), greets Director General in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Mrs. Sharon Crooks (centre), while Head of the National Spatial Management Division at the Ministry, Rohan Richards (right), looks on. Occasion was a GIS Business Forum, held at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, Wednesday, November 13.

GIS Serving 60 Government Entities

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), cuts the ribbon to a solar system, to be used for operating the Pleasant Valley Water Catchment Facility in Clarendon, during the handing over of the facility on November 6. Others sharing in the occasion are: Programme Manager for the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, Allison Rangolan-McFarlane (2nd left); Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jamaica, Dr. Arun Kashyap (2nd right); and National Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), Hyacinth Douglass (right).

Minister Pickersgill Appeals for More Rainwater Harvesting

Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley (left), presents the Community-based Organisation Award to President of the Dolphin Head Local Forest Management Committee, Collette Grant, while Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, shares the moment. Occasion was the Forestry Department’s inaugural Forest Heroes Award 2013, held yesterday (Oct.17), at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

Greater Environmental Protection Stewardship Urged

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Work Underway On $24 Million Rio Cobre Pipeline Project

Work is underway on the Banana Walk to Ferry segment of the Rio Cobre pipeline replacement project in St. Catherine, which will benefit thousands of residents of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). The project, being implemented at a cost of US$24.46 million, is a component of the Jamaica Water Sector Improvement Project (JWSIP), Category B, being undertaken by the National...