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Locals being trained to construct low-income housing that will be provided under a partnership between the National Housing Corporation (NHC) and Guyanese manufacturer Duravilla are expected to be able to complete builds in a week.That’s according to Manager of the Customer Service Department of the NHC Roger Coppin who said he expects hundreds of houses to go up over the next year and a half.He spoke to Barbados TODAY as the housing agency staged yet another viewing of the model homes on Thursday.“We had Guyanese who came and showed us the techniques as to how to assemble it. The last hou...

Police recaptured escaped prisoner Roger Rommel Sealy around 6:30 p.m. on Clapham Road, St Michael, on Tuesday. Sealy, also known as “Duck Foot”, was attending the Physiotherapy Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in the custody of a prison officer when he escaped, ran off and jumped the fence of the western carpark. He was last seen in the area of Purity Bakeries near Dunlow Lane, The City. The …

Police and personnel from Dodds Prisons are currently searching for escaped prisoner 37-year-old Roger Rommel Sealy, also known as

The controversial Chinese metal houses are going up. On Tuesday, some National Housing Corporation workmen were spotted at Scotts Gap, near Brittons Hill, St Michael securing the metal frames of one of the prefabricated structures of East West Building Solutions to the foundation. It was one of 150 imported from China last year after many householders were displaced due to Hurricane Elsa in July. Many have questioned whether the houses …

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