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The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) commenced 3,076 shelter solutions at a cost of approximately $1.7 billion, during the last fiscal year. Making his contribution to the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives, today (May 18), Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Chang pointed out that of the number, 1,130 units have been completed. "Of interest is...

At the end of this fiscal year, at least 60 per cent of residents living in rural Jamaica should have access to potable water, Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has said. Speaking in the House of Representatives during the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate, today (May 18), Dr. Chang informed that the goal of the Ministry is to...

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) has implemented a project to assess the potential for rainwater harvesting across the island, Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has said. Speaking in the 2010/11 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives Tuesday (May 18), Dr. Chang said that the objective is to analyse the rainfall data for stations in elevated...

Work is progressing on the installation of a new pipeline, along the Spanish Town Bypass, St. Catherine, with some 18 kilometres of the 22-kilometres of pipeline having already been completed. Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said that the project is being undertaken under the $7.8 billion Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. He was speaking...

Children and teachers at several schools close to Jamalco's operations in Manchester and Clarendon have been finding it easier to focus on learning and teaching, because of the regular supply of water to their school tanks. On a monthly basis, since the onset of the current drought, Jamalco has been providing just under half a million gallons of trucked water...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has given an assurance of Jamaica's commitment to co-operating with the legal framework of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He says that Jamaica will also seek to influence its Caribbean partners to adopt strategies to mitigate problems associated with climate...

Work has begun under the $17 billion Jamaica Water Sector Improvement Programme with exploratory drilling, while samples from bore holes are currently being examined. "In anticipation of the new pipeline from Bog Walk (St. Catherine) to Kingston, the exploratory drilling of the small holes along the Bog Walk Gorge are now taking place, which started on the weekend," said Minister...

After longing for potable water for years, over 3,000 residents of White Horses, Botany Bay, and Pamphret in St. Thomas are now enjoying a regular supply of the precious commodity. However, the supplier of the water is not the National Water Commission (NWC), but the White Horses/Botany Bay/Pamphret Water Supply System, one of four projects funded under the Government of...

Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Mr. Howard Mitchell, has said that the developers' incentive programme, announced by the Government, provides an excellent opportunity for private sector developers to enter the low-income housing market. Speaking on a tour of the Twickenham Park Housing Development in St. Catherine today (April 21), Mr. Mitchell encouraged private developers to make use of...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has expressed pleasure that the Twickenham Park Housing Development, Phase II, is to be completed in June, five months ahead of schedule. The Minister toured the development in St. Catherine, today (April 21), to see the progress of the work and view the already completed units. The project consists of 234...

National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagors are to benefit from a reduction in interest rates as of May 1, 2010, along with several other measures, aimed at making it more affordable to own a home. In his presentation in the 2010/11 Budget Debate today (April 20), Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, announced that mortgage rates will be reduced by one...

A number of issues relating to the communities of Black Rock, Castle, Islington, Priestman's River and Commodore in Eastern Portland were discussed at a Community Meeting sponsored jointly by the Portland Parish Council and the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), at the Fair Prospect Primary School, on Thursday (April 15). Among matters discussed were inadequate water supply, maintenance of the Priestman's...