KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 18, 2022 - The Peoples National Party is encouraging Jamaicans to get in the habit of recycling and recommit to the three (3) Rs: reducing, reusing, and recycling, which are necessary actions to reduce carbon emissions and limit the effects of climate change.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 3, 2022 - The People’s National Party says it is outraged by revelations from Minister with Responsibility for Mining Audley Shaw, that he intends to grant a permit to Bengal Development Limited to carry out mining activities in the ecologically sensitive Dry Harbour Mountains, despite the national outcry from citizens and environmentalists.
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana March 2, 2022 – The government of Belize is pioneering a coral transplantation and beach reclamation effort in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, located in the southern part of the island.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 18, 2022 - Five Eastern Caribbean countries are to benefit from a US$12 million three-year grant-aid project being funded by the Government of Japan and executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under The Project for Improving National Sargassum Management Capacities in the Caribbean.
>KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 9, 2022: Following a Sunday Gleaner story that despite having missed two bond-payment deadlines, Bengal Developments, the company that wants to mine in the sensitive Dry Harbour Mountains is still on track to recieve a mining licence from the government, the People's National Party is appealing to Minster Robert Montaque, who has responsibility for Mining, not to grant a permit for the parcel of land on which Bengal wants to mine..
KINGSTON, Jamaica: The People’s National Party is disappointed with the announcement that the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) has granted a permit for the mining of lands that are part of the Cockpit Country in St Ann, via Special Mining Lease (SML) 173.
MONTEGO BAY, St. James, December 15, 2021 - The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has commenced work on a multi-million-dollar project to protect the Montego Bay waterfront in St. James.
KINGSTON, December 10, 2021 - The Peoples National Party has lamented the increased rate at which Jamaica has been experiencing environmental degradation highlighted by the lack of adequate land planning legislation, ineffective enforcement, outdated legislation as well as poor communication and engagement with citizens.
KINGSTON, November 4, 2021 - The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it has taken note of the comments made by the People's National Party (PNP) as it relates to the environmental management of Jamaica and our positioning in the international arena.
KINGSTON, November 4, 2021:- The People’s National Party, Shadow Minister of Land, Environment and Climate Change, Sophia Frazer-Binns, says she fully supports the 'Action on Forests and Land Use' declaration. The Action brings together an unprecedented coalition of governments, businesses, financial actors, and non-state actors to raise the bar on forest and land-use goals.
