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The first draft of the National Housing Policy and Implementation Plan, which contains the critical strategies to deliver at least 10,000 new housing solutions for Jamaicans by the 2010/2011 financial year, was presented to the Ministry of Water and Housing on February 2. The plan is being crafted by a group of experts from two of the island's major universities,...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Ministry of Water and Housing, to rehabilitate fire hydrants islandwide over the next three years. Mayor of Kingston and St. Andrew, Senator Desmond McKenzie, making the announcement during his contribution to the State of the Nation Debate in the Senate on Friday (Jan. 30), said that...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has highlighted the negative effects of climate change on small island states, such as Jamaica, which contribute the least to this phenomenon, but are most impacted by it. "Small island states like us ... are likely to have more severe effects from extreme weather conditions than large countries and therefore, are likely...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, recently commissioned into service a new US$82 million water supply system, under phase one of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Rehabilitation Project. The project, aims to improve the availability and reliability of water on a 24-hour basis to areas in greater Spanish Town and South East St. Catherine. The locations...

The $20 million Askenish to Dias water supply project in Hanover was officially commissioned into service by Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, on Thursday (Jan. 23). The project, which was initiated in January 2008, involved the laying of 3.9 kilometers of 150-millimeter ductile iron pipeline from Askenish to Dias, which will serve approximately 4, 000 residents in...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang and technocrats in the Ministry, on Thursday (Jan. 22) met with a delegation from Tanzania, including Minister of Energy and Minerals, William Ngeleja, to share expertise and relate best quality practices in water sourcing and management. "I view this visit as one for sharing experiences," Minister Chang told the Tanzanians, at the...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang has said that the Government is serious about identifying and providing adequate and affordable housing solutions for working class, and middle income workers. He notes that this year the Ministry will be moving to ensure that efforts are made to provide solutions for these categories of workers as there is a shortfall....

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has welcomed a Regional Workshop on the 'Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans of Caribbean Countries' to be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on April 28 and 29. The workshop will analyse the current sanitation situation in Caribbean countries, look at operational strategic issues and work at...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has welcomed a Regional Workshop on the 'Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans of Caribbean Countries' to be held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on April 28 and 29. The workshop will analyse the current sanitation situation in Caribbean countries, look at operational strategic issues and work at...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) has launched an 'Environmental Planning for Business Leaders' training programme, which is designed to enhance awareness of environmental management strategies among the private sector. More than 50 business leaders are expected to participate in the 60-hour programme, which will be offered through MIND's online training facility, MIND Online. Chief Executive Officer of MIND,...

Christopher Sinckler, Executive Director of the Barbados-based Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC), has said that developing nations, such as those in the Caribbean and Latin America, have not benefited much from the process of trade liberalization. "We can empirically show by evidence that liberalisation, unbridled, too fast, too deep, too wide-spread, is disastrous for Caribbean territories,"Mr. Sinckler said, noting that...

Several persons in Port Antonio had to be evacuated from their homes on Sunday (October 30), as a result of heavy rains which pelted Portland over the weekend. The rains caused flooding, landslides and road damage in several areas of the parish, rendering a number of roads impassable, while others could only accommodate single lane traffic. The heavy rains also...