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Minister of Science, Technology and Transport Daryl Vaz (front row, 4th left); Jamaica Social Investment Fund Managing Director Omar Sweeney (second row, 2nd left), along with the team which facilitated the electrical rewiring of houses in Westgreen, St. James give a thumbs up to the work completed in the community in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
January 16, 2026
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More than 50 per cent of the houses in Catherine Hall and Westgreen, St James, have been rewired for electricity connection that was badly damaged by flood waters associated with last October’s passage of Hurricane Melissa.
“Happy to say that visiting Catherine Hall, 600 out of 800 houses have been rewired and the other 200, we are working with those households who have specific issues why they are not able to sign up as yet for the connection,” Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz said following a tour of the affected communities on Thursday.
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