Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has dismissed public angst over the unspent $1.4-billion hurricane relief donation, asserting that the funds will be better spent on long-term aid.
Holness, who was in Malvern, St Elizabeth, at a handing over ceremony for NHT service lots on Thursday, declared that “funds are fungible” as he trumpeted a relocation and housing plan for storm-ravaged communities in western Jamaica.
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