PM Hands Over 300 Land Titles to Residents of Clifton
By: , July 31, 2024
Photo: Rudranath Fraser
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point during a ceremony for the handover of 300 land titles to residents of Clifton in St. Catherine, held at the Clifton Community Centre on Tuesday (July 30). Looking on is Managing Director of SCJ Holdings Jamaica Limited, Joseph Shoucair.
Photo: Rudranath Fraser
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents Clifton resident Andrea Grey with her certificate of title, during a handover ceremony at the Clifton Community Centre in St. Catherine on Tuesday (July 29). A total of 300 residents received the instruments of land ownership during the ceremony.
Photo: Rudranath Fraser
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), presents resident of the Clifton community in St. Catherine, Adrian Wilson, with his land title, during a ceremony held on Tuesday (July 30) at the Clifton Community Centre, where 300 residents of the area received titles.The Full Story
Three hundred residents of the Clifton community in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, now possess certificates of title to property in the area.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, handed over the documents during a ceremony held on Tuesday (July 30) at the Clifton Community Centre.
The provision of the titles was done under the Community Regularisation and Development Programme being implemented by SCJ Holdings, which aims to formalise occupation of informal communities around the various sugar estates across the island.
Congratulating the new property owners, Prime Minister Holness said the Government is committed to empowering Jamaicans through “orderly, formal and fair [land] ownership”.
He said that every citizen must have an opportunity to own a piece of Jamaica and create an endowment for generations.
Prime Minister Holness urged the beneficiaries to use the titles to improve their welfare.
“I want you to see your title as economic empowerment. This is giving you some economic power,” he pointed out.
Mr. Holness, in his keynote address, informed that a process has commenced to provide the residents with improved infrastructure.
He said that the area will benefit from a project for which $15 billion has been earmarked to enhance communities with limited infrastructure.
The initiative will focus on the renewal and redevelopment of small inner-city communities.
The Prime Minister urged the residents of Clifton and adjoining communities to “live as one Jamaica”.
“Let us all maintain the community spirit and work together to build and uplift your community,” he urged.
SCJ Holdings is owned by the Government of Jamaica, with a mission to provide efficient land management services that will foster sustainable, economic, and social development in former sugar-dependent communities.