THE Government plans, through its various ministries and agencies, to update the nation on the progress of works done on several major capital and other projects being carried out by contractors.Several end-of-year press conferences and briefings are planned for staging over this and the next week. The briefings are geared to inform the nation of the scope of work which was planned between January and the end of December, and to advise on how many of those works have been completed, how many are still ongoing, those that are behind schedule, and have encountered false starts. Reasons are also expected to be given for the status quo of the various programmes and projects.
Moreover, it is anticipated that each end-of-year press conference would have projections into the new year, and an outline of the ventures to be undertaken by the various ministries and agencies.
The process has already begun, with the Ministry of Housing having hosted its end-of-year press conference last Friday.
The press conference and briefings are usually headed by the head of agencies and government ministers where applicable, and would sometimes feature the entire top brass of the respective bodies.
Among the bigger projects being undertaken by some of the ministries and agencies in the country are road expansion, housing drives, and preparation for local government elections, among other things.
Several press conferences are scheduled for today, Monday. Among them are those of the Ministries of Labour, Human Services and Social Security; Education; Agriculture; and Local Government and Regional
development.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, the Mayor and City Council will hold its press conference. The Peoples Progressive Party/Civic is also hosting a press conference today, which will mark that party’s last such formal engagement with the media for 2013.

(By Leroy Smith)