The Government has allocated $615.6 million for work on the Public Sector Transformation Implementation Project this year. To be implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister from January 2018 to January 2024, the project aims to modernise interventions in three ministries, inclusive of organisational and process reengineering and information and communications technology investments, to improve service delivery. As outlined...

The Government has set aside $760 million to improve cybersecurity initiatives and to purchase telecommunications equipment for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). As outlined in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project seeks to facilitate the procurement of equipment to upgrade and digitalise communications and surveillance systems within the...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force is slated to receive more motor vehicles and motorcycles in the 2018/19 fiscal year. To facilitate this, a sum of $1.1 billion has been set aside in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to improve the mobility of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, and falls under the Ministry of...

A total of $47 million has been set aside to enhance the resilience of the agricultural sector and coastal areas. The allocation for the work is outlined in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to increase livelihood security of the population in targeted communities and the overall climate resilience of the agricultural...

The Government has allocated $75.3 million for the promotion of community-based climate resilience in the fisheries sector. The project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, aims to enhance resilience to climate change among targeted fishing and aquaculture communities of Jamaica. Details of the project are provided in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now...

More than $1 billion has been allocated in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to continue work on the Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project. The project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), aims to enhance access by persons to basic urban infrastructure and services, and support increased safety in selected vulnerable and...

The Government has budgeted $168 million in the upcoming fiscal year to undertake construction and renovation works at several correctional facilities as well as improve the mobility of the Department of Correctional Services. Of the sum, $82 million will be spent at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston for the construction of an external changing area utilising retrofitted...