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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has been allocated $54.2 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditures, now before the House of Representatives, for a new building. The purpose of the project is to provide customized office facilities for the Ministry, which will adequately support its needs in terms of accommodation for staff, meeting and conference facilities and...

The Construction and Improvement of Court Houses project has been allocated $437 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The provision for 2008/09 is to facilitate architectural and mobilization fees for the Mandeville Judicial Complex; refurbishing of the Balaclava and Cambridge Resident Magistrate (RM) Courts, the Supreme Court and the Coroner's and Traffic Courts...

The Universal Access Fund Company (UAF) has been assisted with the provision of $1.5 billion to facilitate the e-learning project. This has been made available in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The company was incorporated on May 18, 2005 in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 2000 and started operations on June 1, 2005....

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), has been allocated $1.09 billion to purchase 77 garbage trucks. According to the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, $7 million has also been allocated to facilitate improvement works at the Riverton City landfill. A sum of $100 million has been set aside in the Estimates for the Local...

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) project will be aided with the allocation of $352.3 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. This project, aims to contribute to Jamaica's e-readiness and to support the development of the ICT sector, in order to increase competitiveness, diversify exports and expand productive employment. The purpose of the...

A sum of $1.2 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure for a project which is aimed at building disaster resilient communities. This will be done by strengthening the national and parish response capacity and developing a culture of disaster preparedness. Under the project, disaster management committees are to be established, the Office of Disaster Preparedness...

The Montego Bay Convention Centre project is to benefit from an allocation of $2.67 billion in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House, to commence implementation of civil works. The convention centre, when completed, will provide adequate space for meetings, exhibition and event-type occasions, with indirect employment of approximately 2,300 persons. It will seek, to generate foreign exchange...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has been allocated $54.2 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditures, now before the House of Representatives, for a new building. The purpose of the project is to provide customized office facilities for the Ministry, which will adequately support its needs in terms of accommodation for staff, meeting and conference facilities and...

The Construction and Improvement of Court Houses project has been allocated $437 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The provision for 2008/09 is to facilitate architectural and mobilization fees for the Mandeville Judicial Complex; refurbishing of the Balaclava and Cambridge Resident Magistrate (RM) Courts, the Supreme Court and the Coroner's and Traffic Courts...

The Universal Access Fund Company (UAF) has been assisted with the provision of $1.5 billion to facilitate the e-learning project. This has been made available in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The company was incorporated on May 18, 2005 in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 2000 and started operations on June 1, 2005....

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), has been allocated $1.09 billion to purchase 77 garbage trucks. According to the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, $7 million has also been allocated to facilitate improvement works at the Riverton City landfill. A sum of $100 million has been set aside in the Estimates for the Local...

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) project will be aided with the allocation of $352.3 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. This project, aims to contribute to Jamaica's e-readiness and to support the development of the ICT sector, in order to increase competitiveness, diversify exports and expand productive employment. The purpose of the...