A budgetary allocation of $10.2 billion has been made for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project for the upcoming fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The funds allocated will go towards acquiring the remaining parcels of land needed for the Montego Bay and Long Hill bypass road construction;...

The Government has allocated $150 million for the Electronic Land Titling Project, which will continue in the upcoming fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Implemented by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the project aims to improve the efficiency of the land registration process from the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), hands over the New Social Housing Programme contract and keys to beneficiary of the programme, Bertlyn Black (third left) on February 21, at Lancewood in St. Elizabeth. Sharing the moment are (from left) Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Councillor for the Brompton Division, Whitney Smith Currie;...

An estimated $195 million will be used to complete the establishment of a United Nations (UN) House in the upcoming fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Government-funded project began in 2017 and is scheduled to end in March 2025. It involves the renovation of Block 11 at...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight (left), and Acting Communications Manager at the Early Childhood Commission, Sophia Stewart (right), present environmental learning aids to educator at Beaming Brite Sparks Basic School, Veronica Fairclough. The handover ceremony was held at NEPAS’s Caledonia offices in Kingston on Friday (February 23).

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, on Friday (February 16), broke ground for the new $60 million Minard Well Replacement Project in Minard, St. Ann. The initiative aims to provide a more reliable water supply to the business community in Brown’s Town and surrounding residential areas by replacing the...

The Government has programmed approximately 21 water supply upgrading and expansion projects for fiscal year 2024/25, at a forecast expenditure of more than $2.5 billion. Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, made the disclosure while delivering the Throne Speech during the 2024/25 Ceremonial Opening of Parliament at Gordon House on Thursday (February 15). He informed that...

Estimates are currently being prepared for improvement work on the Ocho Rios Market in St. Ann. The work will primarily focus on addressing sanitary facilities and enhancing the grounds at the entrance of the market, said Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. The Minister, who toured the facility recently, said he understands the challenges being faced...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, addresses the ceremony for the commissioning of a Column Still and tour of a Dunder Treatment Plant at the New Yarmouth Distillery, New Yarmouth, Clarendon, on Friday (February 9).