The National Housing Trust (NHT) is shifting focus towards large-scale master plan developments that can deliver housing at the scale Jamaica requires, says Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. He said that the next major project in this regard is the Greater Innswood development in St. Catherine, which will serve as a model of integrated planning and execution....

Two additional National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) offices will open their doors in St. Catherine on Monday, April 20, which will allow easier access to persons outside of the capital to get their National Identification Numbers and cards. This update was given by Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital...

Contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) have received 34 serviced lots at the Cherry Gardens Housing Development in Kitson Town, St. Catherine. The development marked another milestone in the Government’s ongoing push to expand access to affordable housing and forms part of a wider development of 193 lots under a partnership between the NHT and private developers through the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that the Government has received more than $1.4 billion in donations up to March 31, 2026. More than 17,000 persons have donated to the recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa, which impacted the country on October 28 last year. Director General of ODPEM, Commander Alvin Gayle, made the disclosure during...

The new location of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, should be completed by early May. “The legacy RGD (Registrar General's Department) location was destroyed (by Hurricane Melissa), and our employees are currently operating out of the post office. Concurrently, we are in the process of constructing and renovating a new location behind the same post...

Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Dr. Warren Vernon, says the national identification (ID) programme is an important tool in combatting identity theft and fraud. “We know identity theft and fraud are happening in Jamaica. We would have discovered quite a few cases of persons who tried to apply for national ID cards, and we were...

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Authority, in collaboration with the World Bank, will pilot a once-only zero-bureaucracy principle as the Government continues its thrust to improve efficiency. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister responsible for Efficiency, Innovation and Digital Transformation, Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks, said this innovation will ensure that information provided to the Government...