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The National Housing Trust (NHT) says it is committed to cooperating fully with the investigations being carried out by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG), into allegations of irregularities in the re-registration of contractors benefitting from NHT contracts. In a release Thursday on (January 7), NHT Board Chairman, Howard Mitchell, responded to reports that the OCG has uncovered irregularities...

Water supply is to be restored today (Jan. 5) to National Water Commission (NWC) customers served by the Spring Village deep well in St. Catherine. Communities served by the well have been without regular water supply from Saturday as the 70-foot cable used to distribute water was stolen. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Community Relations Officer for the...

Water restrictions, which were relaxed over the Christmas weekend, are now back in effect. In an interview with JIS News, Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Mr. Charles Buchanan, explained that the underlying problems, which made the restrictions necessary, are still affecting the island. He said that in addition to the prolonged drought, the island's two...

The new Hunts Town/Wellington Water Supply Scheme in St. Mary, was officially commissioned into service by Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, during a ceremony in Hunts Town on Monday (December 21). The scheme which was built at a cost of approximately $54 million, will provide an adequate and reliable water supply to over 1,000 residents of...

Communities in and around Spanish Town, St. Catherine, now have an improved water supply with the commissioning of the Sligoville Road Transmission Main in St. Catherine, on Wednesday (December 16), by Water and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. The transmission pipeline is one segment of the project to improve the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply System. It extends...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has announced that some 800 housing lots are to be developed in the White Hall Phase 2 Housing Scheme, Negril, Westmoreland. The Minister said that the project will cost about $300 million and will be for low income earners. The announcement was made during a meeting with the Chairman and representatives...

Water and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has announced a $477 million mitigation programme to address the islandwide water shortage triggered by the prolonged drought Jamaica is experiencing. Speaking at a post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Dr. Chang said the programme entailed several measures, which are expected to bring relief to householders in districts, particularly in the northeastern...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has called on citizens, particularly those living in the Kingston Metropolitan and surrounding areas, to employ every water conservation method possible. This is necessary to stave off a severe crisis, he said, as the country continues to experience a period of drought. "I am not in any way trying to frighten...

The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced a $120 million patching programme, though which several road sections in the 14 parishes will be repaired and the condition of these roadways improved. This programme is being implemented on a phased basis as of December 1 and will address just under 60,000 square metres of patching in the 60 constituencies. Manager of...

Housing solutions for 40 needy persons in South Eastern St. Mary have been provided through Food for the Poor, in partnership with Member of Parliament for the constituency, Tarn Peralto. The two bedroom units were handed over to the recipients during a presentation function, held at the Cape Clear Training Centre in St. Mary, on Thursday, November 26. These houses...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is condemning the theft of items of National Water Commission (NWC) property, which he says are being sold to the scrap metal trade. He argued that in light of the magnitude of these occurrences and the effect on communities, the Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, should discontinue...

Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Ministry is looking at a drought mitigation programme, to efficiently manage the water supply systems along Jamaica's south coast. "We are looking at the cost of it, especially in the southern belt - St. Elizabeth, Manchester, Clarendon, and St. Catherine to St. Thomas," Dr. Chang said. The Minister was...