Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), hands over the keys for a new house to resident of Shenton, Bog Walk, in St. Catherine, Francis Dixon (centre), on October 12. At left is Councillor for the Bog Walk Division, Peter Abrahams, and at front is Oswald, son of Mr. Dixon. The unit was constructed under the Government’s New Social...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), speaking with Chairman of PanJam Investment Limited, Stephen B. Facey (right) and Chairman, Board of Directors, Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Michael McMorris, during a courtesy call at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on October 12. Joining the meeting remotely is international urban development expert, Professor Greg Clark.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government will look to amend legislation to equalise the time for adverse possession of State-owned lands, which are not Crown lands, to 60 years. “Currently, not all State-owned land is Crown land, so under the Limitation (of Actions) Act, Crown Land is protected by 60 years before you can take adverse...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that a comprehensive investigation will be undertaken to crackdown on the illegal sale of lands in areas across the island. He said that the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been tasked to investigate these scams and bring to book, all those persons involved,...

The Government intends to absorb the land impact fee associated with the construction of 15,000 new housing solutions in the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Area of St. Catherine. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the disclosure while addressing the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) 2022 Board of Directors Retreat on Friday (October 7) at the ROK Hotel, Downtown Kingston....

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging persons occupying property adjoining the Clifton community in St. Catherine informally, to contact SCJ Holdings Limited, which owns the lands, to assist in arriving at a solution. He was speaking to the occupants during a visit to the area on Friday (October 7). On Thursday (October 6), a demolition exercise was...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in his recent address to the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, said that the world cannot turn a blind eye to the systemic imbalances that persist after centuries of exploitation. “If our moral standards today on which we claim a higher civilisation acknowledge that the actions in the past,...