Mar 8, 2020 | Latest News
BY MARK CUMMINGSEditor-at-largecummingsm@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, March 08, 2020 MONTEGO BAY, St James — Before the end of the interview nearly a year ago, Garnet Edmonson, the Western Parks and Market (WPM) regional operations manager, knew fully well that Luleta...
Mar 8, 2020 | Latest News
BUDGET 2020/2021 MARCH 6, 2020 WRITTEN BY: DOUGLAS MCINTOSH Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says land has been identified to relocate the Church Corner landfill in St. Thomas, while an alternative location is being sought...
Mar 3, 2020 | Latest News
Published:Saturday | March 7, 2020 | 12:18 AM The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to receive 20 new garbage trucks in May, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has announced. They are the first of 120 additional trucks being procured by the...
Mar 1, 2020 | Latest News
LOOP NEWS CREATED : 1 MARCH 2020 JAMAICA NEWS Sanitation workers employed by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are to receive a 25 per cent pay increase, effective July of this year. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond...
Nov 6, 2019 | Latest News
Kingston, Jamaica; Environmental stakeholders from the public and private sectors lent their support and expertise towards the launch of The Rae Town Plastic Recycling Pilot Project on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at the Courtyard by Marriott. The initiative seeks to...
Oct 7, 2019 | Latest News
Citizens are being warned to no longer take the Anti-Litter Act for granted as the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) ramps up a raft of new measures and regulations aimed at dramatically increasing the fines associated with it. The caution has come...