The sum of $1.3 billion has been earmarked for the Energy Management and Efficiency Programme for the 2025/26 fiscal year. The programme aims to promote energy efficiency in government facilities, and fuel conservation in road transportation by contributing to the avoidance of fuel imports. Originally, the project, which commenced in November 2017 with an end date of November 2023, was...

Phase two of the agricultural research facilities rehabilitation will continue in fiscal year 2025/26 with a $999.4-million allocation from the Government. The work is being executed under the Rehabilitation of Research Centres Project, which was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining in April 2024. The programmed provision is contained in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was...

The Government has allocated $135 million for work to be carried out under the Social Protection for Increased Resilience and Opportunity (SPIRO) Project during the upcoming fiscal year. This sum is contained in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams. The project...

Construction of the Clarendon Justice Centre, for which the Government has allocated $90.54 million, is expected to commence in fiscal year 2025/26, with a targeted 35 per cent completion during the period. Its establishment is designed to enable the citizens to access Restorative Justice, Child Diversion and Mediation Services. This is contained in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was...

The Government has set aside more than $4 billion to combat preventable illnesses under its ‘Prevention and Care Management of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Project’. Details are outlined in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on February 13 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams. The project is geared at contributing to...

A total of $105.13 million has been allocated by the Government for the Hanover Justice Centre’s construction, to facilitate the provision of restorative justice, child diversion and mediation services in the parish. Details of the allocation are contained in the 2025/26 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives recently by Minister of Finance and the Public...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is imploring citizens to play their part in ensuring that crime continues to trend downwards on the island. “Across Jamaica, there's a 22 per cent reduction in murders alone and close to a 40 per cent reduction in overall crime. We want to congratulate the police for the fantastic work they have been doing...