GOJ Minute 1 December 13

The National Housing Trust is set to introduce an intergenerational mortgage scheme to allow for older contributors access to home ownership with the support of family members.

The Government will be introducing a new social housing programme, SHP to enhance the impact of Zones of Special operations in target communities.

The Jamaica Defence Force is reporting that approximately 2000 young people were registered for the Jamaica National Service Corps programme at the Jamaica Defence Force headquarters at Up Park Camp, on March 18.

The Petro Caribe Development Fund is to be integrated into the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on March 31.

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be embarking on a major marketing and production drive during the 2019/20 fiscal year, to attract large-scale investments to the agricultural sector.

The Ministry of Education and US-based charitable organization Christel House International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to construct an institution in St. Catherine to serve impoverished children ages four to eighteen years old from the parish.