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Government Continues To Facilitate Investment Opportunities In Sugar Industry
The Government will continue to facilitate improvements and investment opportunities in the sugar industry, says Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. “Sugar cane continues to play an important role in our nation's business and we have a...
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Committee To Monitor Implementation Of Education Transformation Commission Report Recommendations
An Education Transformation Oversight Committee (ETOC) will be established to monitor execution of the recommendations in the Education Transformation Commission report. The announcement was made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while making his contribution to the 2022/23 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 17). He said the oversight committee will be chaired by...
Revised Policy On Subsidies For Homeownership
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...
New NHT Financing Framework
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...
NHT Doubles Disability Grant To $300,000
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...
Newly Refurbished Franklyn Town Police Station Opens
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...