Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says her administration remains committed to protecting Jamaicans, particularly the most vulnerable, from the effects of the current economic adjustment measures, as it implements the country’s macro-economic transformation programme. This commitment, she indicates, is evidenced by the administration’s earmarked expenditure of $5.5 billion to safeguard the welfare of the society’s most vulnerable,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the National Housing Trust (NHT) is solvent and secure with an asset base of $205 billion. Mrs. Simpson Miller, who has portfolio responsibility for the NHT, assured that the agency’s mandate has not changed and continues to provide affordable housing with emphasis on middle and lower income contributors. The Prime Minister...

Government, through the National Housing Trust (NHT), has allocated $280 million this financial year to assist special groups, including the indigent and street persons. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, made the announcement as she addressed the 2014/2015 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, April 29. She said the Trust will be using a portion...

Government will be acting to ensure that more Jamaicans get their property titles this fiscal year, through the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has announced that LAMP II will be rolled out in St. James, St. Ann, Westmoreland, Hanover and Trelawny, during the financial year. LAMP II provides a central ‘one...

Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, has hailed Jamaica’s Fire Management Plan as “a very effective and coordinated response mechanism”. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Thompson argues that compared to other countries, Jamaica’s national response system and protocol has been tested and proven to be sound and of the...

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is taking its services to new and returning customers outside of Kingston and St. Andrew through its ‘SLB on the road’ outreach programme between Monday, April 28 and Friday, May 2. The programme will be facilitated at the University of the West Indies Western Campus at Dome Street, Montego Bay and the University of Technology...

The number of rooms in the hotel sector has been boosted by an additional 140 units, with the opening of the first Sensatori Hotel by Karisma Hotel and Resorts, in Negril, Westmoreland, on April 28. Karisma owns and manages five other Sensatori Resorts in the world, with Sensatori Negril being the first of the group to be established in the...