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The Ministry of Water and Housing, through its Joint Venture Partnership programme, provided 2,221 housing solutions for needy Jamaicans last year. Of the total, 1,554 houses were completed under the joint venture aspect of the programme, where the Ministry utilizes its own lands for construction and 667 under the private sector facilitation component, where privately-owned lands are used. In making...

The Ministry of Water and Housing, through its Joint Venture Partnership programme, provided 2,221 housing solutions for needy Jamaicans last year. Of the total, 1,554 houses were completed under the joint venture aspect of the programme, where the Ministry utilizes its own lands for construction and 667 under the private sector facilitation component, where privately-owned lands are used. In making...

Several recommendations for the improvement of security at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston have emerged in a Report, following investigations by the Board of Inquiry into the attempted prison break at the facility last March. Giving details of the recommendations in the House of Representatives on June 15, National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips said these include:...

A total of 62 men and women from the Department of Correctional Services were on Wednesday (June 15) presented with the National Medal of Honour for long service and good conduct, at a special ceremony held in their honour at the Alhambra Inn in Kingston. Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe, in congratulating the recipients, charged them to concentrate on rehabilitating the...

The Jamaica Youth for Christ, in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has embarked on a project, aimed at reducing violence against the nation's children. To this end, a counselling centre was opened at the Teen Challenge complex in Shaw Park, Ocho Rios, on Wednesday, June 14. "The project involves three phases. We are establishing counselling centres, character...

The House of Representatives on June 15, approved a Bill to make special provisions for Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification for the registration of land titles in specified areas. This came after suspension of the debate on the Bill last week, to allow for clarification of issues raised by Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding on the methods to be used to...

Several recommendations for the improvement of security at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston have emerged in a Report, following investigations by the Board of Inquiry into the attempted prison break at the facility last March. Giving details of the recommendations in the House of Representatives on June 15, National Security Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips said these include:...

A total of 62 men and women from the Department of Correctional Services were on Wednesday (June 15) presented with the National Medal of Honour for long service and good conduct, at a special ceremony held in their honour at the Alhambra Inn in Kingston. Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe, in congratulating the recipients, charged them to concentrate on rehabilitating the...

The Jamaica Youth for Christ, in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has embarked on a project, aimed at reducing violence against the nation's children. To this end, a counselling centre was opened at the Teen Challenge complex in Shaw Park, Ocho Rios, on Wednesday, June 14. "The project involves three phases. We are establishing counselling centres, character...

The House of Representatives on June 15, approved a Bill to make special provisions for Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Clarification for the registration of land titles in specified areas. This came after suspension of the debate on the Bill last week, to allow for clarification of issues raised by Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding on the methods to be used to...

Nominations are now open for government agencies to participate in the 2005/06 Public Sector Customer Service Competition. The competition, which is in its third year, will culminate in an awards ceremony to be held in March of 2006. The top prize is the Prime Minister's Trophy plus a cash award of $250,000 for the Best Customer Service Agency. Other prizes...

The National Water Commission (NCW) has agreed to halt its standpipe disconnection drive and the agency will be paid initially, $35 million of the more than $100 million it is owed for supplying water to community standpipes. Water and Housing Minister, Donald Buchanan, who made the announcement in Gordon House yesterday, said the agreement came after a recent meeting with...