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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second right), emphasies a point to Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, during the opening ceremony for the 44th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday (October 28). Also listening (from second left) are Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry; and STATIN Chauirman, Professor Alvin Wint.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second right), emphasies a point to Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, during the opening ceremony for the 44th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday (October 28). Also listening (from second left) are Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry; and STATIN Chauirman, Professor Alvin Wint.

15th Housing And Population Census To Start April 2021

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says Jamaica’s 15th housing and population census will officially get under way on April 5, 2021. Dr. Clarke said the exercise, to be conducted by the Statistical Institute of...
Executive Director of the Rent Assessment Unit, Shenese Headlam, reports that the Rent Assessment Board tried 335 cases for the period January 2017 to May 2019.
Executive Director of the Rent Assessment Unit, Shenese Headlam, reports that the Rent Assessment Board tried 335 cases for the period January 2017 to May 2019.

335 Cases Addressed By Rent Assessment Board
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), walks across the Chesterfield Bridge in St. Mary at the official opening of the structure on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Everald Warmington; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), walks across the Chesterfield Bridge in St. Mary at the official opening of the structure on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Also pictured (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Works, Everald Warmington; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz; and Member of Parliament, St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn.

Gov’t Continues to Regularise Informal Communities
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

Interests Of All Stakeholders In Bernard Lodge Development Will Be Safeguarded
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); and President of China Harbour Engineering Company Limited’s (CHEC) Americas Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu (second left), display the signed agreement for the $9.5-billion Catherine Estates housing development in St. Catherine, during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 15). The project is being implemented under a joint-venture partnership between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and CHEC. Also attending (from left) are Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Housing, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr; and HAJ Chairman, Norman Brown.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); and President of China Harbour Engineering Company Limited’s (CHEC) Americas Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu (second left), display the signed agreement for the $9.5-billion Catherine Estates housing development in St. Catherine, during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 15). The project is being implemented under a joint-venture partnership between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and CHEC. Also attending (from left) are Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Housing, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr; and HAJ Chairman, Norman Brown.

HAJ To Honour Sales Prices Offered To Initial Bernard Lodge Depositors

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); and President of China Harbour Engineering Company Limited’s (CHEC) Americas Division, Dr. Zhimin Hu (second left), display the signed agreement for the $9.5-billion Catherine Estates housing development in St. Catherine, during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (October 15). The project is being implemented under a joint-venture partnership between the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) and CHEC. Also attending (from left) are Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Tian Qi; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for Housing, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr; and HAJ Chairman, Norman Brown.
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HAJ And CHEC Partner To Build 1,650 Houses

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is slated to build 1,650 studio and one-bedroom homes in St. Catherine, under a joint venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), at a cost of approximately $9.5 billion. The 54-month project, to be called Catherine Estates, is being developed on land in the Bernard Lodge area and is scheduled to commence...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), assists 95-year-old Nora Johnson (left), in cutting the ribbon to symbolically open her new home during a ceremony in Mendez District, Point Hill, St. Catherine, on Monday (October 7). Also assisting is Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott. Ms. Johnson was provided with the studio unit under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme.
HousingLocal Government

St. Catherine Senior Citizen Receives New Home Under Gov’t’s Indigent Housing Programme

Ninety-five-year-old Nora Johnson, a resident of Mendez District in Point Hill, St. Catherine, is the latest recipient of a new home under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme, which is expected to significantly improve her standard of living. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, presented her with the keys to the newly constructed dwelling during a ceremony in...
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Director of the Rent Assessment Board, Shenese Headlam.
Housing

Landlords Encouraged To Register With The Rent Assessment Unit

Director of the Rent Assessment Unit, Shenese Headlam, is encouraging landlords to register with the Rent Assessment Unit, in light of the impending amendments under the Rent Restriction Act. “The Act is currently being amended and some fines that are in the 1983 Act will be increased, so we are encouraging persons who have not registered their properties to do...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (2nd left), shakes hands with Portview Manor developer, Marlon Christie (left) during a tour of the construction site in St. Andrew on Wednesday (September 10). At right is General Manager, Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Courtney Wynter.
Housing

Jamaica Mortgage Bank Providing $1.5 Billion For Corporate Area Housing Projects

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr, says that eight housing developers are completing projects in the Corporate Area through loans totalling approximately $1.5 billion from the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB). These developments are Kensington Gates ($642-million loan); Mayfair Manor ($401.48 million); Sherlock Manor ($132.6 million); Portview Manor ($89.53...
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Director of the Rent Assessment Board, Shenese Headlam.
Housing

Tenants and Landlords Urged to Be Diligent in Negotiating Rental Arrangements

Director of the Rent Assessment Board, Shenese Headlam, is encouraging landlords and tenants to exercise diligence when negotiating rental arrangements. “Tenants and landlords should… ensure that a written agreement is [drafted] because sometimes things that were not initially agreed on are brought into play. Both persons should understand what the contract is saying and a formal agreement made before the...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), breaks ground for the National Housing Trust (NHT) $1.46-billion Twickenham Glades project in St. Catherine, on Friday (August 30). Also participating (from left) are NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller; Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Catherine, where the development is located, Denise Daley; and NHT Chairman, Lennox Channer.
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NHT to Spend $40 Billion in 2019/20

National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Lennox Channer, says the agency’s 2019/20 programmed expenditure of $40 billion, represents the largest ever in the entity’s 43-year history. He informed that the sum is earmarked to initiate over 8,000 housing starts islandwide, adding to the 6,000 from 2018/19. He was speaking at Friday’s (August 30) ground-breaking ceremony for the NHT’s $1.46 billion Twickenham...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at Friday’s (August 30) ground-breaking ceremony for the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) $1.46 billion Twickenham Glades, housing development in St. Catherine.
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Clarification on the Status of The Bernard Lodge Housing Project to Be Provided Soon – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says clarification on the status of the Bernard Lodge housing project in St. Catherine, in light of concerns raised, will be provided soon. Mr. Holness said the project, which aims to provide 1,600 housing solutions, has been halted to address stakeholder concerns regarding, among other things, issues with the perceived displacement of agricultural...
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