A sum of $110.23 million has been allocated for the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco) Project. Objectives of the project include the restoration of historical hydrological and other physical processes in the Negril Great Morass, and enhancement and re-establishment of native vegetation communities to provide habitat to wetland fauna. Details of...

Pharmaceutical giant Bioprist has pledged $1 million in educational support to every child of a St. James police officer who is studying medicine and able to maintain a very good grade-point average (GPA). The pledge was made by Founder and Chief Executive officer (CEO), Dr. Guna Muppuri, at a St. James Police awards dinner, held at the Montego Bay Convention...

Work is to continue on the soil fertility mapping project in the upcoming fiscal year, with approximately $66.58 million allocated to the initiative. The provision is contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently. The project, being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, aims to increase productivity and the quality of agricultural...

Several activities will be undertaken in the North and Central American and Caribbean region this year to monitor the effects of hurricane and tropical cyclone events and strengthen response. This was disclosed by Deputy Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Hurricane Centre, Jamie Rhome, during the recently concluded World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Conference (Regional Association...

The Government is committed to establishing a state-of-the-art Reggae Hall of Fame Museum and Performance Arts Centre in Kingston. This undertaking was given by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange. “I have heard the calls for a world-class reggae hall of fame and performance arts centre, and I assure you that the Ministry of Culture, Gender,...

Principals and teachers have been invited to participate in the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), CARICOM and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Learning Recovery and Enhancement Programme (Let’s REAP) Caribbean Schools Capacity-Building Programme. The invitation has been extended by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat for the participants to be a part of Cohort II. A bulletin issued by the...

The Government will be spending $770 million in the new fiscal year on the Security Strengthening Project. The funds will be used to complete implementation of a jail management software and installation of a citizens’ service portal software. Additionally, the allocation will be used to procure fibre-optic cables for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and equipment for a Mobile Command...