A sum of $40 million has been allocated to the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, to enhance the country’s resilience to disaster and climate risk. As outlined in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 14, the project, being implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister, is slated to run from April 2016...

The Government is continuing work on the Integrated Social Protection and Labour Programme with an allocation of $243 million. The funds have been made available in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the project aims to support...

A sum of $150.02 million has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure for the Caribbean Anti-Corruption Programme. As outlined in the Estimates, now before the House of Representatives, the project is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), to support the work of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). Anticipated targets for the fiscal year include increasing...

A sum of $65.5 million has been allocated to a project to improve the management of the Yallahs and Hope River watershed areas. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, entitled: ‘Integrated Management of the Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Management Area,’ seeks to reduce the pressure on the natural resources in...

Work on the establishment of a Jamaica Water Resources Development Master Plan is to get underway this month. The Government of Jamaica has allocated $18.4 million towards the project in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to provide assistance to the Water Resources Authority (WRA) to update the Jamaica Water Resources Development...

A sum of $38.7 million has been allocated to the Hermitage Dam Rehabilitation Study. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, to get underway this month, seeks to carry out a feasibility assessment for the rehabilitation of the Hermitage Dam. It will determine the structural integrity of the dam and...

The Government has allocated $5 million towards the Community Empowerment and Transformation (COMET) project, Phase II. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 14. The project seeks to strengthen community and civil society organisations to be active managers and leaders in their communities and to increase citizen participation, cooperation and...

The Government is to spend $361 million this fiscal year under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme (EECP), to improve energy efficiency and conservation within the public sector. The money, which is to come from the Consolidated Fund, has been allocated in the 2016/2017 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Targets this fiscal year include the complete...

The Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) IV, directed at the attainment of Goals One and Two of Jamaica’s National Development Plan, Vision 2030, has received a further allotment of $400 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), through funding from the European Union, aims...