Government to Transform Aged Housing in Communities in Spanish Town, St. Catherine
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has announced that the Government will move to improve the aging housing units in sections of Spanish Town in St. Catherine.
Speaking in the Spanish Town area recently, Prime Minister Holness committed to improving social intervention services in the old capital, where he spent his boyhood years.
“In many communities, there is a need for social intervention to address the struggle of some communities. For communities where housing has reached a point where you are seeing significant leaks, for example, Tawes Pen and Ellerslie Pen, those houses were built more than 50 years ago. We are going to repair those houses and make sure the conditions there are livable. I get the reports about the sewerage in the community, the pipes that are broken, and some plants not working,” said Dr. Holness.
The Government has already embarked on a project to improve the water and sewerage services in sections of St. Catherine, Portmore, and the Corporate Area through the Rio Cobre Water Improvement System. The Prime Minister visited the project site last month to get an update.
In the meantime, Prime Minister Holness says the Government has the space to make more improvements given the decline in crimes, especially murders.
“As the crime comes down, as the gang activity recedes, the Government and the State have to step in to make sure that social services that you need, your housing, your health, your education, all those things have to be dealt with. So, in addition to improving the policing capabilities, we must also improve the social services to ensure that these communities can genuinely be placed on a pathway to achieve the prosperity that everybody else around them is achieving,” declared Dr. Holness.
Prime Minister Holness states that the Government continues to work to ensure that all Jamaicans experience the growth and development taking place in the country.
Government Fulfilling the Mandate Given to Solve Jamaica’s Problems
So far, the Government has a list of more than 250 achievements since it was in office in 2016. These include no net new taxes, record unemployment levels, macroeconomic stability, record investments in security, and a precipitous fall in the murder rate.
“We have done well. There is no other government that can claim the achievements that we have claimed in addressing Jamaica’s major problems. No other government can say they have taken on the major problems of the country: economic stability, high debt, high taxation, unemployment, high crime rate, and murders. We are making progress. We are solving the problem. We have credibility,” said Dr. Holness.
Prime Minister Holness said his administration has a track record of achievements and credibility for all to see.
“Government has a duty when elected to fulfill the mandate that they have been given. The expectation is if you get a mandate and you fulfill the mandate, the achievements of the old mandate count for something. It gives you credit and credibility because that is how government should work. Good Government that performs should be rewarded,” said Prime Minister Holness.