Issues - Environment
Designated Area status for Falmouth
BY MARK CUMMINGS Observer senior reporter cummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, February 18, 2010
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for Trelawny North, Senator Dennis Meadows, has welcomed plans by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to have the seaside town of Falmouth declared a Designated Area.
Black River mayor warns against lighting fires
Published: Wednesday | February 17, 2010
Jamaica Gleaner
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth:
Mayor of Black River, Jeremy Palmer, has appealed to persons in St Elizabeth to desist from the needless lighting of outdoor fires, as it was straining the resources of the fire brigade in the parish.
Speaking to journalists after the monthly meeting of the council last Thursday, the mayor called for a more robust public education programme to save properties from destruction.
Mayor Calls on Residents to Stop Lighting Fires
MANDEVILLE (JIS):
Monday, February 15, 2010
Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, has appealed to persons in St. Elizabeth to desist from lighting fires, as this is causing a drain on the recourses of the fire brigade in the parish.
Speaking to journalists after the monthly meeting of the Council on February 11, the Mayor pointed out that there are laws governing the ways fires can be lit, and called for the public education programme to be stepped up, to save properties from being destroyed.
Ground Broken for $32 Million Road Project in St. Elizabeth
MANDEVILLE (JIS):
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service
Ground was broken on Friday (Jan. 22) for the rehabilitation of the 3.2 kilometres Greenfield Road in St. Elizabeth.
The work will be carried out at a cost of $32 million, with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) providing $27 million, and the remaining $5 million coming from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF).
PCJ, UWI, IDB Team Up for Renewable Energy Study
KINGSTON (JIS):
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service
The Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), in partnership with the University of the West Indies (UWI), will shortly commence a 3-year study of wind and solar to enhance the country's renewable energy options.
2.7-b IDB grant to address crime, bad roads
Friday, December 18, 2009
Jamaica Observer
THE Government has signed loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), totalling US$31 million (J$2.7 billion), to cover justice and road improvement programmes.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw signed both agreements Wednesday. They cover the Citizens Security and Justice Programme II and the Road Improvement Programme.
Deputy Prime Minister Outlines Measures Actions to Combat Climate Change
Friday, December 18, 2009
Jamaica Information Service
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Hon Dr. Kenneth Baugh has outlined measures to combat the effects of climate change.
Gov't gets $2.7 Billion to Address Crime and Roads
KINGSTON (JIS):
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Government has signed loan agreements with the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB), totalling US$31 Million (J$2.7 billion), to cover justice and road improvement programmes.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon Audley Shaw, signed both agreements Wednesday (December 16). They cover: the Citizens Security and Justice Programme II; and the Road Improvement Programme.
Mr. Shaw welcomed the loans, stating that they would greatly assist the Government's
Watch the environment - IMF
Published: Friday | December 11, 2009
Jamaica Gleaner
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has said the global economic crisis must not be used as a distraction from tackling issues of climate change.
"Sustaining the recovery and putting in place effective climate-change policies can be mutually reinforcing with the right policies implemented resolutely," Strauss-Kahn said.
World leaders are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark with a view to agreeing on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
JPS Re-opens Constant Spring Hydroelectric Plant
KINGSTON (JIS):
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) has boosted its power-generating capacity with the re-opening of the Constant Spring Hydroelectric Power Plant, which had been out of service since 2001.
