Effective July 1, 2022, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will revise its policy on subsidies for homeownership Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said the revision will see income being the sole determinant in the application of a subsidy. He said that this will ensure that subsidies “are applied to those [persons] who are most in need”. The Prime...

 

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has developed a new financing and product delivery framework that is intended to significantly increase the supply of new housing solutions. The move is in keeping with the Trust review of financing options that would substantially increase the amount of funding available for new housing construction. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the...

Effective July 1, 2022, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will double the disability grant benefit, allocating up to $300,000 per individual. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, announced that this will be applicable up to a maximum of two persons, per household, living with disabilities. He was making his 2022/23 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on...

The men and women of the Franklyn Town Police Station now have a more comfortable environment in which to work and serve the public, following extensive refurbishing of the facility at a cost of $41.8 million. The project was undertaken by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), through the European Union (EU)-funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). It included construction of...

Chief Executive Officer, Universal Service (USF), Daniel Dawes (left), applauds after unveiling the sign symbolising the official commissioning of the community Wi-Fi hotspot at the Rudolph Elder Park, Morant Bay, St. Thomas, recently. Mr Dawes is joined by Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles (second right); Vice President and General Manager, Flow Jamaica, Stephen Price (third left);...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government remains unwavering in its strategic focus and resolve to disrupt and dismantle criminal gangs, interdict dons and gunmen, and confiscate every illegal gun in Jamaica. Making his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 17, the Prime Minister noted that a multifaceted approach is...