PM SAYS SECOND BARBUDA HOUSING PROJECT TO BEGIN SHORTLY

Prime Minister, the Hon. Gaston Browne says the Wa’omoni Cottages project should begin on Barbuda shortly.
The project initiated by the Prince’s Foundation will see at least 20 homes constructed on the Sister Isle for people who lost their homes during Hurricane Irma in 2017.
It is being done in collaboration with several partners including Antigua-based Calvin Ayre Foundation, which has donated 1-million US dollars to the initiative.
Local contractor, Challenger’s Enterprises Ltd. has been awarded the contract to complete the first phase of the project and land has already been allocated and cleared.
Prime Minister Browne says decisions on the project was taken in Cabinet last Wednesday.