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Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has said that his Ministry will not be issuing any more licences for the provision of water by private entities, until the National Water Policy is revised. Dr. Chang said that his observation is that in formulating the policy in 2002, there was undue haste to involve the private sector and...

The issue of how well Jamaica will adapt to climate change is being vigorously pursued by the Government, its agencies, and partners, said Senior Director with responsibility for Environment in the Office of the Prime Minister, Leonie Barnaby. Speaking at a recent Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP) public lecture and panel discussion at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston...

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Water and sewage treatment facilities in Port Antonio, Portland, and May Pen, Clarendon, are to be upgraded at a cost of over $1.5 billion, Water and Housing Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang has disclosed. Speaking at Wednesday's (May 20) Post Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Dr. Chang said that stage one of the Port Antonio water and sewage upgrading...

Several minor water supply systems in rural St. Catherine are to be rehabilitated by the St. Catherine Parish Council, with over $4 million secured from the European Union (EU) to help execute the programme. This was announced recently by His Worship the Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Dr. Andrew Wheatley, at the official commissioning into service of the Pear Tree...

Shouts of joy and delight greeted the commissioning of a piped water system for Coco Walk, Williamsfield, St.Catherine on Thursday( May 14), after years of waiting. The commissioning resulted from a collaboration to rehabilitate the abandoned water system, between the Social Development Commission (SDC), the Williamsfield Citizens Association, the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and Member of Parliament for North...

Jamaica is to benefit from a Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), under the aegis of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the European Commission. This was announced by Minister of State in the Ministry of Water and Housing Hon. Everald Warmington, at the launch of the UN programme in Jamaica, at the offices of the Ministry, in New...

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) will be moving to prepare the technical plans and seek the necessary approvals for the proposed Luana Gardens housing development in St. Elizabeth, following the recent selection of a design of the project. After a three-month long competition, staged between December 1, 2008 and March 30 this year, the design submitted by Kingston 10...

Government is not imposing General Consumption Taxes (GCT) on electricity or water. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, has said that at no time was any reference made to imposing GCT on these utilities. In his budget presentation to the House yesterday and at a further press briefing this morning, Finance Minister Audley Shaw stated...

The Ministry of Water and Housing will host the 18th Conference of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanisation in Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI), in July. Themes for the conference are: 'Financing Social Housing in view of the World Economic Crisis', and 'Housing in Risky Situations'. Presidency of the conference was officially transferred to Jamaica at...

Approximately 40 residents of Prickly Pole in the Caulderwood Division of South East St. Ann, were presented with free water tanks on April 17, which will enable them to store water for domestic use. The tanks were distributed by the St. Ann Parish Council under its black tank project. "This is actually our second set being distributed," Secretary / Manager...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, is appealing to employees within the public utilities sector, to be protective of its infrastructure. This, he says, is with a view to being in a position to grasp opportunities when the current economic downturn comes to an end. Pointing to an efficient utilities sector as one that is critical to the...