THURSDAY 5th JANUARY, 2023
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20,500 house lots allocated, 44 new housing areas established - over 800 homes built in two years, Housing Minister says
THE People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), since assuming government in August 2020, has already distributed 20,500 lots, and developed 44 new housing schemes, upgraded and installed infrastructure in 43 existing housing areas, regularised six areas and reduced squatter settlements from 19 to 13. The government has also
completed construction of 827 low and moderate- income and young professionals houses, while a further 527 houses are currently under construction, in an investment costing more than $7 billion. The government has also processed and distributed 4,256 Certificates of Title and Transports. The foregoing statistics and more were shared by
Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal, when he recently compared the PPP/C government’s accomplishments in housing over the past two years as opposed to what was achieved in five years under the previous A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government. FULL STORY ON PAGE 3 SEE PAGE
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Mocha squatters make ‘preposterous’ demands of $100M-$150M to move - Housing Minister says, reiterates that land being occupied is a government reserve - over $250M already spent in compensation for persons who have already relocated
TSU ranks went Fire Service 12 Local farmers, agroprocessors urged rogue at GECOM’s gets $81.8M from gov’t to form consortiums command centre boost - new vehicles, bicycles to help SEE PAGE
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- former ‘Top Cop’ tells CoI
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improve firefighting efforts
to supply O&G sector