The Development Control Authority (DCA) said it is not easing its stance on squatting even as it scrapped Friday’s deadline to dismantle the illegal Perry Bay settlement.

Perry Bay squatters who were given a February 15 deadline to vacate the area seem to be complying with the eviction notice issued by the Development Control Authority (DCA).

There has been strong negative reaction from the public on the issue of squatters in the Perry Bay area, following last week’s call for them to be removed by the middle of the month.

Perry Bay squatters – who have two weeks to vacate their homes – say government’s promise to help them move is meaningless because they have no place to go.

The Chairman of the Development Control Authority (DCA) Leon “Chaku” Symister has admitted that land continues to be divided and sold without sufficient access being provided.

Several parcels of land may have been divided and sold without sufficient access being provided.

The head of the Development Control Authority –DCA – Frederick Southwell has denied putting a halt to vending outside the city.

The Development Control Authority, (DCA) will be setting up a Volunteer Corps, within the authority as it moves to “indentify buildings that are going up in contravention of the law or where they see things that don’t look right.”

The Development Control Authority (DCA) has made a recommendation to the hierarchy of the police force that their field inspectors be sworn in as special constables.

Government has filled in a pond as it clears land for housing in Bathlodge and that act has brought reaction covering threat of worsening floods and of wildlife destruction