Make Bedward Gardens great ... Samuda urges residents

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation Karl Samuda has urged residents of Bedward Gardens in St Andrew to remain there and build their community into one they can be proud of.

Samuda, who has responsibility for housing, was speaking during a ceremony to hand over titles to residents in the former Operation PRIDE community.

Thirty-one residents received titles for lots during the ceremony on Monday, which was organised by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ).

In his address, Samuda cautioned residents whose lots had been assessed as vulnerable to landslides by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management that the HAJ would not provide owners of these lots with titles as long as their safety was at risk.

"We simply will not give you a title for a place that is at risk of landslides and flooding," said Samuda.