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A total of $13.2 million has been allocated to the Capacity Building for Sustainable Land Management project in the 2010/11Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to enhance effective sustainable land management by building capacities for sustainable land management in appropriate government and civil society institutions and user groups. It also seeks to mainstream sustainable...

The Government has set aside more than $558 million in the Estimates of Expenditure for 2010/11, to be spent on housing schemes, inclusive of the acquisition of land, special projects, joint ventures, and planning and development. A total of $186.1 million is to go toward the acquisition of 30 parcels of land across the island for new developments and the...

The Government's effort to provide residents throughout the Kingston metropolitan region with reliable water supply has been bolstered with a $1.5 billion allocation in the 2010/11 Estimates and Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. The programme, the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project, is expected to provide an improved water supply system to the KMA (which includes Greater...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is to receive $250 million in the upcoming fiscal year to meet engineering and project management costs, to complete 18 ongoing water supply schemes, and commence two new water supply schemes in major rural areas. This is outlined in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The works include (in St....

The Ministry of Water and Housing recently allocated $30 million to Parish Councils throughout Jamaica, to assist in the trucking of water, as a way to help address the severe water woes being faced by Jamaicans, as the drought continues. This brings to $63 million the total amount that has been allocated to Parish Councils to take water to affected...

As Jamaica continues to face the protracted drought, dating back to November 2008, Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has underlined the importance of safe drinking water for all, in a message commemorating World Water Day, today (March 22). "Each year, World Water Day draws attention to the need to manage our water sources and supplies. This...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, says that the Government is to acquire the services of a Korean firm to assist in speeding up land registration and titling. Dr. Chang said the administration has concluded discussions with the firm, and the programme will facilitate collation of the requisite data to get millions of parcels of unregistered land registered...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, says there is a need to establish a legislative and financial framework for the provision of affordable housing, especially for low income earners. He added that the framework would also serve to prevent the spread of informal settlements, while regularizing existing ones where possible. Dr. Chang was addressing the Jamaica Mortgage Bank's...

Work on Jamaica's Housing Policy is expected to be completed by May, Water and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has said. He said that perusal of the initial policy draft showed that "some good work had been done on it," even though the preparatory process was delayed for a year. "After discussions with the Ministry, the consultants we engaged...

The district of Catadupa in South St. James now has a reliable water supply and distribution system. Minister of State for Water and Housing, Hon. Everald Warmington, yesterday, (March 15) officially commissioned the system into service, which was built at a cost of approximately $23 million through the joint efforts of the Ministry through the Rural Water Supply Limited, Jamaica...

The Ministry of Water and Housing and the National Housing Trust (NHT) are urgently seeking to identify land in Hanover for housing projects. The move comes against the abandonment of planned developments at Point and Industry Cove by the NHT, as, according to portfolio Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, the character of the land made the properties unsuitable for housing....

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Sheila Campbell Forrester, has appealed to individuals to ensure that they consume safe water, to prevent gastroenteritis and other viral and bacterial illnesses. Dr. Campbell Forrester said, in a release from the Ministry of Health on Friday (March 12), that this is particularly important as, during the current drought period, more and more persons are...