World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 16, 2016
Desertification, along with climate change and the loss of biodiversity, were identified as the greatest challenges to sustainable development during the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Established in 1994, UNCCD is…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER URGES TOTAL COMPLIANCE WITH DISASTER EVACUATION ORDERS IF ISSUED THIS HURRICANE SEASON
June 3, 2016
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Desmond McKenzie, is imploring persons living in at-risk communities to comply with mandatory evacuation orders issued during the 2016 hurricane season. He is warning…
STOP ORDER ON ROYALTON HOTEL PROJECT CONDITIONALLY LIFTED
May 30, 2016
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has announced the conditional lifting of the 30-day Stop Order on sections of the Blue Diamond Royalton Negril hotel project in Hanover. The…
Blue Diamond Royalton Review Committee recommends conditional lifting of Stop Order at building site
May 30, 2016
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says the Committee that investigated the collapse at the Blue Diamond Royalton hotel site in Negril, Hanover, has recommended the lifting of…
PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS WASTE-TO-ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS PROCESS AS LINCHPINS IN NATIONAL GROWTH AGENDA
May 26, 2016
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that the Government will be placing special emphasis on securing private investor interest in its programme of waste to energy conversion. In his contribution…