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Assistant General Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick.

NHT Commits to Enhancing Policies and Initiatives

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has committed to enhancing its policies and initiatives, by drawing on valuable lessons emerging from the recent passage of Hurricane Beryl and seismic events that have affected Jamaica over the past two months. NHT Assistant...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams (right), cut a ribbon during Friday’s (September 6) handover ceremony for a new housing unit at Lot 129 Callaloo Mews, St. Andrew Western, which was developed under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). They are joined by Member of Parliament for the constituency, Anthony Hylton (second left), NSHP beneficiary and recipient of the unit, Karen Francis (centre), and her granddaughter, Trishanna Carter (left).

Prime Minister Holness Presents Three Additional Housing Units to Needy Jamaicans Under NSHP

Assistant General Manager of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the National Housing Trust, Dwayne Berbick, speaks at a recent Build Wealth Conference at the AC Marriott Hotel in Kingston.

NHT Urges Jamaicans to Prioritise Homeownership

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking during Wednesday’s (September 4) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

St. Ann North Eastern By-Election Set for Sept. 30

Sept. 30 Deadline for NHT Disaster Relief Grant Applications

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing an emergency press conference on Monday (August 12) at the Office of the Prime Minister.

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Prime Minister Condemns Gun Attack on Cherry Tree Lane in Clarendon

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has declared a “firm resolve” that persons who were in any way involved in Sunday’s (August 11) gun attack on Cherry Tree Lane in Clarendon “will be brought to justice”. Some eight persons were shot and killed and nine injured during the incident. Speaking during an emergency press conference at the Office of...

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395 Persons Enrolled in HEART’s Summer of Skills Programme

Three hundred and ninety-five Jamaicans have been enrolled in the HEART/NSTA Trust’s Summer of Skills Programme. The programme offers persons 15 years and older the opportunity to enhance their practical skills for employment or entrepreneurship and explore their passions in the creative arts and technical innovation. It aims to strengthen Jamaica’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ecosystem by...

Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (second right), assists homeowner Madge Shields (third left) in cutting the ribbon to her newly renovated home, at the handover ceremony on August 8 at Woodford Park in Kingston. Sharing in the moment (from left) are Councillor for the Trafalgar Division, Jesse James; Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South East, Julian Robinson; and Deputy Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Cheryl McLaughlin.

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HEART/NSTA Renovates House for Kingston Senior Citizen

Seventy-six-year-old Madge Shields is the beneficiary of a newly renovated one-bedroom home from the HEART/NSTA Trust. The unit, which includes a bathroom, kitchen and living room, was handed over during a ceremony held on Thursday (August 8) at Smith Lane in Woodford Park, Kingston. It was completed under the entity’s National Development Project, which is part of the ‘TVET in...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe (seated centre); General Manager, Finance, Standards, Procurement, Jamaica Social Investment Fund, Orville Hill (seated right), and Director, Build Rite Construction, Chantay Campbell (seated left), affix their signatures to documents for expansion and rehabilitation works at the Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann, at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on August 8. Observing from left are Member of Parliament St. Ann Southwestern, Hon. Zavia Mayne; Principal, Mount Moriah Primary School, Kerrol Lyons and other stakeholders.

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Contracts Signed for Rehabilitation of Mount Moriah Primary, Pisgah Primary and Infant

Two contracts valued at approximately $380 million have been signed for expansion and rehabilitation works at Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann and Pisgah Primary and Infant school in St. Elizabeth. The projects are being carried out by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund, with counterpart financing by the...

The Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands marked a significant milestone on July 24, 2024, with the launch of a special commemorative stamp issued in denominations of $60.00. and $100.00.

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Special Commemorative Stamp Launched for Diocese of Jamaica

The Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands marked a significant milestone on July 24, 2024, with the launch of a special commemorative stamp, in partnership with Jamaica Post. This event, held at St. Luke's Church Hall in Cross Roads, Kingston, marked the 200th anniversary of the Diocese, which was officially established on July 24, 1824, by Letters Patent issued...

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, brings remarks at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, May Pen, Clarendon, on August 6.

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Best in Agriculture on Display at Denbigh

The sizzling heat of the August sun could not prevent the grand display of the best in Jamaica’s agriculture and fisheries as the historic Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show made its 70th showing on Independence Day (August 6). Patrons from near and far flooded the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, for the one-day event, which was scaled down...

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NHT Advanced in Construction of Nearly 30,000 Housing Units

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is at an advanced stage in delivering its share of the 70,000 solutions targeted for development under the Government’s housing policy Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the announcement, said of the 43,000 units programmed to be built by the NHT, work is at various stages of execution on nearly 30,000. “The...