The National Housing Trust (NHT) has completed 40 projects under its upgrading of 100 schemes built between 1976 and 1986, with another 47 at various stages of completion in 14 parishes. This disclosure came from Senior Project Manager at the NHT, Jacqueline Johnson, while speaking in Mitchell Town, Clarendon, recently. She said that the renovation and rehabilitation of older housing...

The Ministry of Justice generated 8,313 marriage licences last year, amounting to $33.25 million in revenue at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ). “We are doing well, but we don’t mind more marriages, so we can provide more money to the Ministry of Finance,” Portfolio Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said. He was delivering his presentation in the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate, in the...

A total of 829 Justices of the Peace (JPs) were commissioned in 11 parishes during fiscal year 2022/23. Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, said the Ministry anticipates that another 900 JPs will be appointed islandwide during the current year. He was speaking during his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 2). Mr....

Farmers and fishers can now access increased insurance options to protect their lives and livelihoods, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., has informed. Making his presentation in the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 2, Mr. Charles Jr. announced that GK General Insurance Weather Protect is now offering a new type of microinsurance....

Students at six secondary schools in communities declared Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) are poised to benefit from the Literacy Education Acceleration Programme (LEAP) pilot, being implemented by the Ministry of Education and Youth. The beneficiary institutions are the Corporate Area-based Haile Selassie High School, Norman Manley High School, Kingston High School, and Holy Trinity High School, in the Ministry’s...

With the Administrator-General’s Department (AGD) managing more than $50 billion worth of real estate as at the end of March 2023, the Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is urging the entity to work with the beneficiaries to close these files. “That is indeed a heavy burden, and my guidance to the incoming Administrator- General is to urge beneficiaries to...

For the 2022/2023 financial year, more than 100 per cent of the projected restorative justice conferences were completed. “The conferences also had a success rate of 79 per cent, with the remaining 21 per cent reaching partial agreements in some instances, while some matters remained unresolved and returned to the referral agents for resolution,” Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck,...