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NHT head office at 4 Park Blvd.
NHT head office at 4 Park Blvd.

PM Announces NHT Grants for Disabled Persons

Effective July 1, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will provide a grant for mortgagors with disabilities or who reside with and care for family members with disabilities, in a move to meaningfully improve benefits for the disabled. The grant is...
Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right) makes his presentation in the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. Listening (from left) are Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington. In the background is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right) makes his presentation in the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. Listening (from left) are Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington. In the background is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.

PM Announces HOPE Project
Prime Minister Andrew Holness making his Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday (March 21).
Prime Minister Andrew Holness making his Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday (March 21).

Enterprise Team to Lead Development of Logistics Centre
Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)
Employees at one of several Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) entities operating out of the Montego Bay Free Zone. (File photo)

More Space for BPO Operations
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (right), makes his contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. At left is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang and at second left is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw.
Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (right), makes his contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. At left is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang and at second left is Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Lands Identified for Construction of Logistics Facilities

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Budget 2017/2018

NHT to Commence Construction of 5,737 Housing Solutions

The National Housing Trust (NHT) will, in the upcoming financial year, commence construction of 5,737 housing solutions and complete an additional 1,682 in eight parishes across the island. This was announced by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who delivered his 2017/18 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on March 21. He said the houses will be...
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Budget 2017/2018

Development of Logistics Sector a National Project

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared the development of the logistics sector as a National Project. Making his contribution to the 2017/2018 Budget Debate in Parliament, yesterday (March 21), the Prime Minister announced that an Enterprise team will be established to deal with the country’s push into Logistics. “We will appoint an Enterprise Team led by Hon. Michael Lee- Chin,...
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Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness (2nd right) makes his presentation in the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. Listening (from left) are Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington. In the background is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz.
Budget 2017/2018

Education Act to be Amended to Prohibit Corporal Punishment

The Government is to amend the Education Act to explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in schools. This was stated by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while making his contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. “Already. several of our laws prohibit corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is prohibited in early-childhood institutions... and places...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, makes his contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21.
Budget 2017/2018

Government to Apologise

The Government is to formally apologise to the victims of state-inflicted violence that occurred in the communities of Coral Gardens in April 1963 and Tivoli Gardens in May 2010. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement while making his contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 21. “The wrongs of the...
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Instructions have been given to the National Works Agency (NWA) to implement safety measures to reduce road fatalities.
Budget 2017/2018

Crash Hotspots to be Given Special Attention

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says instructions have been given to the National Works Agency (NWA) to implement safety measures to reduce accidents in crash hotspots. “We have given a policy nod to the use of electronic monitoring, electronic surveillance and ticketing systems, and the NWA is now testing various systems to see which is the best to...
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness making his Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday (March 21).
Budget 2017/2018

NHT to Provide 8,000 New Loans Valued at $17.8 Billion

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the National Housing Trust (NHT) plans to write more than 8,000 new loans at a value of $17.8 billion for the 2017/18 financial year, as it unveils increased benefits for low-income earners. He announced that effective July 1, the NHT will implement policies to ensure that individuals contributing for seven...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), embraces outgoing Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), following her contribution to the 2017/18 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 16. It was Mrs. Simpson Miller
Budget 2017/2018Opposition

Opposition Leader Proposes Special Standing Committee on Social Security

Outgoing Leader of the Opposition, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, is proposing that a Special Standing Committee on Social Security be established in Parliament, aimed at increasing participation in pension schemes. The Committee, she suggested, should also focus on promoting retirement planning and savings in the nation. She lamented that not many Jamaicans take the matter of pension and...
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