Parish councils say bureaucracy stifling development
Bureaucratic procedures in Central Government are hampering the pace of development in parishes across the island, mayors and other local stakeholders charge. They are calling on Government to cut away the red tape involved in acquiring approval...
Governor-General proclaims Week of Restorative Justice
Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall yesterday proclaimed the first week of February as 'Restorative Justice Week'.
'We need more experts'
A proposal by Local Government Minister Dean Peart, to centralise engineers and technical experts into a single unit in the ministry is being met with opposition from parish councils.
Approval process slow and tiresome
Mark Kerr-Jarrett, chairman of the St. James Parish Development Committee (PDC), says the multi-layered project approval process was tiresome on developers and hindered growth in parishes, such as St. James.
Councils push ahead with development orders
While parish councils complain bitterly of being paralysed by red tape, at least two are preparing the process to create their own development orders to ease some of the current delays.
Mixed reviews on PATH programme
The Programme for Advancement through Health and education (PATH) has come in for mixed reviews from parents, guidance counsellors and technocrats alike.
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