Development of the National Digital Cadastral Map will continue in the new fiscal year, says Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington Making his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 5, he explained that 25 per cent of the National Digital Cadastral Map is to...

Data collection is under way in St. Mary, Portland and St. Thomas under the National Survey of Squatter Settlements. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., gave the update during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate on Tuesday (May 4) in the House of Representatives. He noted that, to date, “we have completed a...

A total of 66 government-owned properties valued at $349.8 million have been approved for divestment as at the end of March 2021. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, who informed that 69 applications for land were processed and 66 were recommended for approval in accordance with the...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reporting that the entire island is now covered by at least one Provisional Development Order. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, said this is a significant improvement from the status in 2017 “where coverage was limited to 40 per cent of the country”....

Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), and Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) Youth Councillor Representative for the Springfield Division, Reajean Bennett, lay a wreath at the Secret Gardens Monument in downtown Kingston, during a ceremony on Sunday (May 2) in memory of the nation’s children who have died under violent/tragic circumstances. The ceremony formed part of the...

Mr. Milverton Reynolds, Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica Limited (DBJ), has announced that Actus Partners Ltd., a management consultancy firm focused on alternative private equity & venture capital solutions, based in London, England, has been selected to establish and manage a new Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Fund, based in Jamaica. The company was chosen to be...

Assistant Manager for Pension Administration at JN Fund Managers Limited, Roxanne Wizzart, says that there are many benefits from contributing to a pension plan including providing the contributor with a regular income upon retirement. She noted that there are many senior citizens, who are working longer because they do not have a pension plan. “The pension plan allows you to...