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National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Easton Douglas (centre), addressing journalists on the entity’s acquisition of the Orange Grove property in Trelawny, during a media briefing at the entity’s New Kingston corporate offices, on Monday (November 24). Flanking him are Board members, Norman Horne (left), and Percival LaTouche.
National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Easton Douglas (centre), addressing journalists on the entity’s acquisition of the Orange Grove property in Trelawny, during a media briefing at the entity’s New Kingston corporate offices, on Monday (November 24). Flanking him are Board members, Norman Horne (left), and Percival LaTouche.

NHT Chairman Maintains Purchase of Orange Grove Property Is In Line With Mandate

National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Easton Douglas, is maintaining that the entity’s acquisition of the 9.12-acre Orange Grove property in North Trelawny for $180 million, is consistent with the organization’s mandate to create recreational, social and physical facilities that will...
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.
Leader of the Opposition, The Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, O.N., M.P.

PM to Make Announcement on NHT Board Following Cabinet Meeting on Monday
National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Easton Douglas (right), conversing with National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Chief Executive Officer, Peter Knight, during a public lecture and exhibition held as part of a series of activities in observance of World Town Planning Day, being observed today (November 8), at the NHT’s New Kingston offices, on Friday (November 7).
National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Easton Douglas (right), conversing with National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Chief Executive Officer, Peter Knight, during a public lecture and exhibition held as part of a series of activities in observance of World Town Planning Day, being observed today (November 8), at the NHT’s New Kingston offices, on Friday (November 7).

NHT Commits $173m to Complete Spatial Plan and Development Order for Jamaica
Secretary General of the Caribbean Association of Housing Finance Institutions (CASHFI), Joseph Bailey, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the CASHFI Conference which takes place from October 6 to 7 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston.
Secretary General of the Caribbean Association of Housing Finance Institutions (CASHFI), Joseph Bailey, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on the CASHFI Conference which takes place from October 6 to 7 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston.

Regional Conference on Housing Oct. 6-7
Company Secretary and Legal Counsel for Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Donna Samuels-Stone, oversees the signing of a syndicated loan agreement between financiers Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) and National Commercial Bank (NCB); and 138 Student Living Jamaica Ltd. Under the agreement, the two financial entities will provide $1.35 billion for the construction of phase one of a student housing project at the University of the West Indies (UWI). The signatories (from left) are: Assistant General Manager Corporate Banking at NCB, Raymond Donaldson; General Manager, Corporate Banking NCB, Brian Boothe and JMB Board Chairman, Howard Mollison.
Company Secretary and Legal Counsel for Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Donna Samuels-Stone, oversees the signing of a syndicated loan agreement between financiers Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) and National Commercial Bank (NCB); and 138 Student Living Jamaica Ltd. Under the agreement, the two financial entities will provide $1.35 billion for the construction of phase one of a student housing project at the University of the West Indies (UWI). The signatories (from left) are: Assistant General Manager Corporate Banking at NCB, Raymond Donaldson; General Manager, Corporate Banking NCB, Brian Boothe and JMB Board Chairman, Howard Mollison.

Jamaica Mortgage Bank Lead Financier of UWI Student Housing Project

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Hundreds Benefit From HEART Trust/NTA’s Career Fair

Hundreds of students across the parish of Clarendon turned out for the HEART Trust/NTA’s career fair held at the St. James Methodist Church in May Pen on November 19. The community intervention was held as part of efforts to expose students aged 17 and older to the diverse training options provided by the institution; job seeking skills; professionalism in the...
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Mandatory eFiling of All Employers Annual Return (S02) to be implemented next year

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise ALL employers that effective January 1, 2015, they will be required to electronically file their Employers Annual Return (S02) online via the Tax Portal www.jamaicatax.gov.jm. This means that all S02 returns filed as of the New Year are to be e-filed, as such returns filed manually will not be accepted. This new requirement...
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House Passes Bill to Make Home Ownership Easier

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, November 11, passed amendments to the Mortgage Insurance Act, aimed at making mortgages more accessible for persons seeking to acquire a home. The Bill seeks to increase from 90 per cent to 97 per cent, the percentage of the appraised value of the property on which mortgage indemnity insurance is granted; and to vary...
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Housing

NWC Implements Water Restrictions

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be implementing water restrictions as it moves to address an island-wide shortage in supply of the commodity due to unseasonably low rainfall since May. By this weekend, a prohibition notice will be issued on the washing of vehicles, watering of lawns, filling of swimming pools among other activities. Persons found to be in breach...
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Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, speaking at a Social Protection and Child Labour Strategy Meeting, held in recognition of World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. Mr. Thorpe says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing child labour across the island.
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PATH Helping to Reduce Child Labor

Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing child labour across the island. “We find that children, especially those who are poor and who live in the rural areas, are being pulled from schools to participate in economic...
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UDC Development Ongoing in Downtown Kingston

Urban Development Corporation (UDC) General Manager, Desmond Malcolm, says the agency is continuing its acquisition and refurbishing of historic and derelict buildings in downtown Kingston, to provide more office space for public and private sector entities. He says this engagement, which complements renewal efforts being carried out in that section of the city by the Kingston Restoration Company (KRC), will...
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Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites (3rd left), interfaces with Grade 10 students of Anchovy High School in St. James, from left: Anesia Eldermire, Kijori Harris, Keneisha Harvey, Dacia Vincent and Crystal Smith, following Friday’s (June 20) groundbreaking ceremony at Montpelier, St. James, where the institution’s second campus will be established. Rev. Thwaites delivered the keynote address.
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Education Minister Wants Mandatory Inclusion of Schools in Housing Developments

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, wants a policy instituted that will make the provision of schools, and health and security facilities, requirements for all housing developments undertaken. To this end, the Minister says he will be lobbying Parliament’s and relevant state agencies’ support to develop such a policy. “Housing developments are always welcomed. However I am asking for the...
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