Contractor General News Today

Tuesday’s rant critiquing NHT spin doctoring on Non Disclosure agreements and undelivered housing solutions drew a testy online comment from a reader (handle “Mission Up”) with a very different viewpoint. My opinion also attracted positive feedback...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has released a settlement agreement that confirms a non-disclosure clause that barred discussions on the terms of the contract over a failed multibillion-dollar deal with private developer Dexim Holdings. “The...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) says a secrecy clause in a settlement with a private developer was to comply with court rules on mediation, although a senior official claims the entity is “trying to mislead the public”. “Discussions at mediation...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is urgently trying to get a private developer to agree to drop a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) from a settlement that blocks the public entity from commenting on a failed multibillion-dollar contract. The NHT is a...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that blocks it from telling taxpayers about a settlement with a developer from whom it is reclaiming $650 million in a botched deal, leaked documents suggest. “The parties...

The state-owned National Housing Trust (NHT) has remained silent on details of the deal it has struck with a developer it accused of not delivering 200 houses for which it advanced $650 million. A week ago, attorney-at-law Michael Williams...

People's National Party (PNP) representative Zuleika Jess says Prime Minister Andrew Holness should tell National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors whether they will get any of the 200 houses for which $650 million was advanced to ...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has reached a settlement with Dexim Holdings Limited, the developer it sued for allegedly not delivering any of an agreed 200 houses despite paying over $650 million under a $2.5-billion contract. “There was a...

From the gruesome murder of the 10-month-old daughter of a veteran Member of Parliament along with her 27-year-old mother that shocked the nation, to the multi-billion dollar SSL fraud that ensnared O...

Across the world and in Jamaica, December 10 is being recognised as International Human Rights Day. It was on this date in 1948 – 75 years ago – that the nations of the world agreed and signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 21...