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KINGSTON — Minister of Housing, Environment, Water and Local Government, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is encouraging more private developers to partner with the Government to provide affordable housing for Jamaicans. He said approximately 15,000 houses would have to be built annually to satisfy housing needs, and the Government could not, by itself, meet that demand. “The Government itself will never...

Principal Director in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Oral Rainford, says a final revised draft of the proposed National Policy on Minerals Development 2010-2030, being developed by the Ministry, is expected to be submitted to Cabinet by March 2012. This, as the Ministry has concluded its series of public consultations on the document, and is now in the process...

Prime Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has recommended that Hon. Shahine Robinson, be appointed as Minister of Transport and Works. The recommendation has been submitted to Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Patrick Allen. [ Related Story: Minister Henry Tenders His Resignation ] The appointment, which will take immediate effect, follows the resignation of former Minister, Mike Henry, last night....

The following is a statement from Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, who has tendered his resignation from the Cabinet with immediate effect: ‘In light of the ongoing attacks on the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which continue despite the Prime Minister and I having acted to address the issue, as the line minister, I take full responsibility for the...

KINGSTON — Trelawny will be the area of focus for the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), as the organisation observes Disability Awareness Week from November 27 to December 3, under the theme: ‘Together for a Better World for All… Including Persons with Disabilities in Development’. The week-long activities will commence with a Thanksgiving Service at the William Knibb...

Work on the construction of the St. Catherine Youth Information Centre (YIC), to be located in Spanish Town, is expected to get underway next month. Phase one of the facility, which will be housed at the old Spanish Town police station, is estimated to cost $60 million and should be completed within 12 months.  It is being funded by the...

A Bill granting a three-month amnesty on unpaid or unadjudicated traffic tickets issued to motorists by the police up to September 20, 2010, was passed in the Senate on Thursday (November 24). Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, who piloted the Road Traffic (Temporary Ticket Amnesty) Act 2011, commented that the Bill would facilitate the collection of the backlog...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Mike Henry, is currently in London, attending the 27th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly, scheduled for November 21 - 30 at the IMO headquarters.  At the conference, Jamaica hopes to be re-elected to Category C of the IMO Council, through the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ). Category C of...

Minister with responsibility for Information and the Public Service, Senator Arthur Williams, said that the Prime Minister is expecting a report on the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP) in two weeks. Minister Williams was responding to journalists at the Post Cabinet Press Briefing on November 23 at Jamaica House. Prime Minister Andrew Holness who is currently overseeing the JDIP project is awaiting...

MONTEGO BAY — The issue of safety on the country’s roads for pedestrians, commuters and drivers has been of grave concern over the last few years, especially in light of the growing number of road fatalities. Statistics show that there were over 300 road fatalities across the island in 2009 and 2010, which has led to a national drive to...

KINGSTON — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Works, Dr. Alwin Hales, says the procurement process for consulting services for the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), is well advanced.  "We are in an advanced stage in the procurement of the oversight consultant that the former Prime Minister (Hon. Bruce Golding) had promised the nation, when he reported on...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Transport and Works says that issues raised in the Auditor General's (AG) Special Report on the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), could have been clarified if the final version had been submitted to the accounting officer, Permanent Secretary, Dr. Alwin Hales, for response. Dr. Hales told a press conference at the Ministry, on Thursday (November...