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Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that the Ministry was looking at putting a structure in place to facilitate the harvesting of rain water for domestic use. "I have already drafted policy documents that will look at encouraging in certain areas, the use of rain water for domestic purposes, and allow the expensive treated water to...

State Minister for Water and Housing, Everald Warmington, has said that the provision of potable water to meet the needs of the population, particularly persons in rural areas, remained a key focus of the Ministry. He was speaking at the official handing over of the Pedro River Water Supply System recently, in the St. Ann community. "At the Ministry of...

Residents of Pedro River, St. Ann, are happy that the Government, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the European Union (EU) have combined to have the Pedro River Water Supply System completed. The system was officially handed over at a ceremony recently at the Pedrovian Community Benevolent Society's office, Pedro River. Minister of State in the Ministry of Water...

Project Manager of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund's (JSIF) Inner City Basic Services Project (ICBSP) Unit, Gene Shaw, has said that residents of the community of Bucknor/Rectory Lands, in Clarendon, would soon benefit from improvement in their power and water supplies. He made the disclosure during the ground breaking ceremony of the Bucknor Integrated Infrastructure Package and the Multi-purpose Centre,...

The Ministry of Water and Housing and its agency, the Housing Agency of Jamaica, are seeking to partner with the Chinese Firm Complant International Engineering and Development Corporation, to build low income housing solutions for Jamaicans. The HAJ and Complant have had several discussions on the matter, and have agreed, in principle, to plan, design and build between one thousand...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has said that the Government was looking to forge partnerships with the private sector this year, in a bid to provide more affordable housing solutions for Jamaicans, especially those at the lower income level. He was speaking in an interview with JIS News yesterday (Feb.11), during a tour of the Portmore Country...

Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has commended the National Housing Trust's (NHT) Best Scheme Competition, for promoting community spirit. "There was a sense of community which this competition is seeking to reawaken. There is an aspect of Jamaican life which we have to preserve and protect, because they were valuable in building the Jamaican character. This is...

Days before Jamaica joins the world in observing Safer Sex Week, the Ministry of Water and Housing has taken the implementation of the HIV/AIDS Workplace Programme to a new level by acquiring six condom-dispensing machines where were installed in the restrooms at the Ministry's Dominica Drive offices in New Kingston on February 2 and 3. The Ministry is the only...

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...