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Seventy-three per cent of the homes damaged from Hurricane Elsa in July of 2021 have either been fully or partially repaired.Senior Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for infrastructural projects and town planning matters Dr William Duguid delivered this update in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, as he tabled an amendment to the Catastrophe Fund Act.“Of those 1746 houses, between the Urban Development Commission, Rural Development Commission and National Housing Corporation, they have been able to do 554, and started 537. So 73 per cent of those houses have act...

The controversial proposed development of St Lawrence Gap and surrounding areas has not yet been given the green light, concerned residents were assured on Friday as tempers flared at a town hall meeting where Government ministers insisted the plan was simply to improve the long-neglected area.After grilling Minister of Housing Dwight Sutherland and Acting Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds about the planned compulsory acquisition of several properties in the Christ Church community, residents were told nothing was set in stone and they would have a say on the way forward.A candid Symmonds al...

Government representatives on Friday night admitted they erred in the handling of the proposed redevelopment project for St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church. During a packed town hall meeting at the nearby St Lawrence Primary School, Minister of Housing and Lands, Dwight Sutherland, and Minister of Energy, Kerrie Symmonds, said residents should have been consulted before hearing about the proposals in the media. The plans have been in train since the …

The Ellerton Primary School is making significant strides in its agriculture programme. On Friday, the school moved one step further as they hosted a rededication ceremony and unveiling of a new greenhouse.The greenhouse, named the “Ashantio Sealy” Shade House carries the name of a former pupil who left an indelible mark on the school’s approach to agriculture but who passed away almost one decade ago.On Friday, Minister of Housing, Land and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland, a former headboy of the school, spoke of the importance of youth developing green thumbs. This, he said is critical t...

Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland has announced that five four-block units at Alleyne’s Court, Whitepark Road, will be completed by the end of October.Sutherland said the rent-to-own units will address some of the housing challenges in the urban corridor. Ten per cent of the houses would be allocated to persons with disabilities.The minister also indicated that an additional three ‘quads’ are to be built at Eden Lodge and construction has started on 11 metal homes from East-West Solutions (Barbados), at Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church.“The design work has...