NSWMA head urges dump ‘hustlers’ to practise good hygiene
RETIREMENT, St James — Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon has urged individuals sorting waste at the Retirement Disposal Site in St James, to adopt good personal hygiene in the wake of the novel coronavirus...
NSWMA Executive Director Calls On Persons To Protect Themselves
CORONAVIRUS MARCH 20, 2020 WRITTEN BY: SERENA GRANT Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, has encouraged persons living close to the Retirement landfill in St. James to take the necessary precautions to protect...
Garbage Another Front Line In Virus Fight
Published:Friday | March 20, 2020 | 12:18 AM Judana Murphy/Gleaner Writer Dwayne Gordon is a resident of Riverton Meadows who is engaged in scrap-metal trading. The bulk of the items he trades for cash are salvaged from the community dump that hoovers up all the solid...
Western Parks And Markets Implements COVID-19 Safeguards
Published:Wednesday | March 18, 2020 | 12:19 AM Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited has implemented strict protocols to maintain efficient service delivery while safeguarding employees and the public against the coronavirus disease 2019...
NSWMA head meets with workers at Retirement Disposal site
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 ST JAMES, Jamaica— Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon, is scheduled to this morning meet with people who sort solid waste at the Retirement Disposal Site in St James. According to the...
Keeping Jamaica clean with pride – NSWMA’s Kedisha Pennant and Carol Francis serious about their jobs
BY VERNON DAVIDSONExecutive editor — publicationsdavidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, March 09, 2020 While most people would shun clearing waste from households, businesses and schools, Kedisha Pennant and Carol Francis do it with pride. In fact, both women regard...
Standing tall – WPM truck driver holding her own in male-dominated job
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...
Church Corner Landfill In St. Thomas To Be Relocated
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...
Twenty Garbage Trucks To Arrive In May – McKenzie
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...
Pay increase for sanitation workers at NSWMA
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...