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KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved a US$568,000 contract to IBM World Trade Corporation (Jamaica) Limited for the supply of two IBM AS/400 Power 7 servers to the National Housing Trust (NHT). Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz made the revelation during September 29 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He said the NHT currently...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says that Jamaica is poised to take advantage of the reopening of the expanded Panama Canal in 2014. “Unlike its competitors in the region, including Miami, Jamaica can provide the most cost effective and timely movement of cargo utilising a sea/air movement,” Mr. Henry said. He was addressing the World...

KINGSTON — Thousands of persons who wish to establish proof of land ownership can now achieve this right without the attendant exorbitant fees, with relative ease and in conformity with the law, through 'Certificates of Compliance' facilitated by the Land Access for National Development (LAND) Project. LAND, which was recently launched at the Juan de Bolas Primary School in Point...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Mike Henry, says that despite claims of some level of resolution of security challenges at the Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Project site in East Kingston, there are still serious security issues to be resolved. "I am not into cosmetic resolution of problems, then getting back to square one in no time...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Transport and Works has launched a project to refurbish some 400 discarded Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses, at one third the cost of a new bus. The project was embraced by the Ministry after Brazilian company, Incavel, took home one of the discarded buses, and refurbished it at their own expense. It was brought...

MONTEGO BAY — Richmond Housing Development, comprising 250 completed three-bedroom houses, entertainment centre, swimming pool, children’s play area and 24-hour security, was officially opened on September 17 by Minister of Housing, Environment and Water, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. The 500-acre property, with some 100 families already occupying houses, is located near Priory, in St. Ann. Delivering the main address, the...

KINGSTON — Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Novelette Grant, has made a call for a collaborative and multi-sector approach to reducing road fatalities and motor vehicle accidents. “We have…to include a really multi-agency approach to a national problem if we are to really achieve the targets and goals that we have set for ourselves as a nation to reduce accidents,...

KINGSTON — Contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) are being reassured that their funds are secure, even as the agency moves to set up a Foundation, using money from contributions that have remained unclaimed for 17 years, to address the needs of the society’s indigent in infirmaries and golden age homes. Informing that work on the establishment of the...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says the country can achieve fewer accidents on the roads and reduce fatalities to below 300, annually. “There is a need for us to abhor all forms of negativity in the traffic environment, and play an active role in ensuring that, instead of talking about below 300, we can begin...

KINGSTON — The National Housing Trust (NHT) is currently exploring feasible ways to effectively accommodate  more members of the Diaspora,  who are interested in  contributing to the scheme. Chairman of the NHT, Howard Mitchell,  has argued that  the "seeming" lack of "connectivity" between the Trust and the Diaspora continues to resonate in discussions between the agency and its clients. "The...

KINGSTON — National Housing Trust (NHT) Managing Director, Cecile Watson, says the agency is seeking to fulfill the mandate of its Vision 2015 strategy, of delivering close to 30,000 affordable housing solutions to contributors over the next four years. Speaking at the NHT's Roundtable Discussions at their New Kingston office on Wednesday (September 14), Mrs. Watson said the Trust's plans...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, the Hon Mike Henry, says he is awaiting a comprehensive report from meetings being held among stakeholders to the US$65 million Palisadoes Shoreline Protection and Rehabilitation Programme, over recent days, following major hitches caused mainly by violent intimidation on the project site. Mr. Henry, who is on official business in Trinidad and Tobago,...