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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica and the Philippines have signed a communique signaling a clear intent to collaborate in order to address prevailing challenges to...
As Jamaica battles an ever-growing medical waste disposal crisis, at least three private incinerator operations in St Catherine have been stalled due to long delays from environment overseers in granting permits. And the operators are furious....
Rashaed Esson Staff Writer #Jamaica, November 10, 2023 – Cancer registration and data systems will be enhanced and fortified in Jamaica with a newly launched, second in the world project, the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) project, by the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The launch, on October 24th, came as part of […]
The question is: What happens to the rest of the stuff – the remaining 160,000 tonnes of medical waste Jamaica produces each year? That is a lot of material. It does not just evaporate in thin air. So, it must be disposed of somehow. But how and...
The drains are blocked and the roads are flooded and muddy whenever it rains. Piped water is non-existent, and so, too, are street lights – their absence brightest after dark. Now, residents of Hartlands, a farming community in St Catherine, are...