Discovery Bay (Jamaica)

Type: City

Name: Discovery Bay (Jamaica)

Latitude: 18.469999

Longitude: -77.389999

population: 2,536

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Opposition to use of new technology to restore beaches

Tourism officials and residents of Negril are continuing to lament the government’s decision to use a new technology to assist with Jamaica’s beach restoration efforts. Despite the National Environmental Planning Agency NEPA going ahead with the plans ... [Published CVM Television - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Discovery Bay (Jamaica), Environmental Planning, Jamaica, Tourism

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Erosion control agent testing gets under way on Negril beach

Petre Williams-Raynor, Contributing EditorGOVERNMENT IS pressing ahead with testing for ShoreLock - an erosion control agent used in beach restoration - in Negril, following a three-month delay caused by opposition from stakeholders in the western resort ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - May 30 2013]

Entities: Discovery Bay (Jamaica), Erosion, Solutions Group Inc, Centre for Environmental Management, Jamaica

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Jeep

Roads Repaired in North Western St. Ann under JEEP

Several roadways in North Western St. Ann have been fixed under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP).Member of Parliament for the area, Dr. Dayton Campbell, made the announcement during his contribution to the 2013/2014 Sectoral Debate in ... [Published Government of Jamaica - May 23 2013]

Entities: Jeep, Discovery Bay (Jamaica), Benin, Cardiff (United Kingdom), Jamaica

Quotes

At that meeting, the National Environment and Planning Agency said, "consensus was reached for reduction of [the] area to be treated in Negril as a pilot"

Erosion control agent testing gets under way on Negril beach [Published Jamaica Gleaner - May 30 2013]