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Local Government and Community Development Minister and Member of Parliament, South West Clarendon, Hon. Noel Arscott (left), presents Anjella Beezer of the Ebony Park Housing Scheme, Toll Gate, Clarendon, with her property title during the presentation ceremony in the community on October 11. Mrs. Beezer is one of some 70 persons who received titles after a 30-year wait.
Local Government and Community Development Minister and Member of Parliament, South West Clarendon, Hon. Noel Arscott (left), presents Anjella Beezer of the Ebony Park Housing Scheme, Toll Gate, Clarendon, with her property title during the presentation ceremony in the community on October 11. Mrs. Beezer is one of some 70 persons who received titles after a 30-year wait.

Ebony Park Residents Receive Property Titles

By: Andrea Braham, October 20, 2013
As the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing intensifies its efforts to deliver titles to property holders island-wide, the latest recipients to benefit from this undertaking are homeowners in the...
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (right), presents a title to Leon George, one of approximately 70 persons from the Ebony Park Housing Scheme in Clarendon to receive titles at a ceremony, held on October 11 in the community.

70 Residents of Ebony Park Housing Scheme Receive Titles

By: Andrea Braham, October 12, 2013
Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Sandrea Falconer addresses a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister. (FILE)

Work to Get Underway on Portmore Sewage Project

By: Andrea Braham, October 10, 2013

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Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (left), converses with Deputy Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds, at the launch of the Ministry’s three-month islandwide road safety campaign, at the Half-Way Tree transport centre, on September 27. The campaign is being staged under the theme: ‘Walk, Ride, and Drive for Life’.
Transport

Drive for Life Campaign Begins

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, through its Road Safety Unit, is renewing efforts to influence behaviour change among road users islandwide, particularly motorists, through its current public education...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, September 30, 2013
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (second right), admires one of the buses that will be used to transport students under the just launched School Transport Programme. Alongside the Minister is Chairman of the Transport Authority, Norton Hinds. The initiative was launched on September 18 at the Waterford Seventh Day Adventist Church in Portmore, St. Catherine. The programme is a partnership between the Transport Authority and the St. Catherine School Bus Association.
Transport

Bus Service for Students in Portmore Launched

Students residing in the Portmore Municipality can now benefit from a structured and efficient transportation system, following the launch of this new service on September 18. The initiative, dubbed the...
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By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, September 19, 2013
Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right), and General Manager, Jamaica Ultimate Tyre Company (JUTC II), Kenry Jackson (centre), observe as JUTC II retreading technician, Marvin Bennett, carries out repairs on a tyre, during the Minister’s tour of the Maxfield Avenue-based entity on August 30.
Transport

Positive Feedback on Use of JUTC II Tyres

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is reporting positive feedback from other public sector entities being lobbied to either commence or increase their utilization of the services provided by...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, September 2, 2013