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A sum of $470.3 million has been allocated to the Washington Boulevard Corridor Widening project. This is outlined in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is funded by the Government and the Caribbean Development Bank, seeks to enhance productivity by reducing the economic loss to the country when people are stranded in...

The Road Rehabilitation Project 2, has been allocated some $167.9 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is funded by the Government and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), seeks to rehabilitate 97 kilometres of road structures in areas, such as Smithfield Bridge to Scotts Cove in Westmoreland; Sour Sop...

The Youth Development Programme has been allocated a sum of $38.6 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $28 million will go towards the Operation Phoenix Programme, to complete refurbishing works at Youth Information Centres across the island. This will include the furnishing of the Information Centre in Montego Bay, St....

Agriculture Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton has said that Jamaican and regional entrepreneurs must position and brand themselves as significant business players, to maintain viability and sustainability in the global marketplace. Speaking at the launch of the Caribbean AgriBusiness Association (CABA)/Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) project at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston on March 31, Dr. Tufton noted that Caribbean states...

National Literacy Co-ordinator, Laurel Brent-Harris is confident that with the Ministry of Education introducing the right resources, programmes, and intervention strategies, more students will master the Grade 4 Literacy Test. Addressing a JIS 'Think Tank' recently, on the subject of the Ministry's new literacy thrust, which is aimed at propelling Jamaica towards achieving 85 per cent literacy by 2015, the...

National Literacy Co-ordinator, Laurel Brent-Harris is confident that with the Ministry of Education introducing the right resources, programmes, and intervention strategies, more students will master the Grade 4 Literacy Test. Addressing a JIS 'Think Tank' recently, on the subject of the Ministry's new literacy thrust, which is aimed at propelling Jamaica towards achieving 85 per cent literacy by 2015, the...

The island's inaugural Greenhouse Technology Symposium was hosted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Caribbean Agri-Business Association (CABA), yesterday (March 31), under the theme, 'Getting it Right.' State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, J.C. Hutchinson, in his presentation on: 'The Ministry's role in facilitating greenhouse production in Jamaica,' said that the technology was being targeted as...

The Jamaican community and a wide cross section of people from Manchester turned out on March 31 to pay their respects to one of the United Kingdom's most prominent community campaigners and social activist, Louise Da-Cocodia. Mrs. Da-Cocodia, who died on March 13 at age 73, was described as a passionate fighter for fairness and justice. Tributes were also paid...

The Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control II Project has received $216.9 million, as set out in the 2008/2009 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. A major objective of this project is to provide support for selected activities outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. It also seeks to assist the government in curbing the spread of the...

The island's inaugural Greenhouse Technology Symposium was hosted by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Caribbean Agri-Business Association (CABA), yesterday (March 31), under the theme, 'Getting it Right.' State Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, J.C. Hutchinson, in his presentation on: 'The Ministry's role in facilitating greenhouse production in Jamaica,' said that the technology was being targeted as...

The Jamaican community and a wide cross section of people from Manchester turned out on March 31 to pay their respects to one of the United Kingdom's most prominent community campaigners and social activist, Louise Da-Cocodia. Mrs. Da-Cocodia, who died on March 13 at age 73, was described as a passionate fighter for fairness and justice. Tributes were also paid...

The Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control II Project has received $216.9 million, as set out in the 2008/2009 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. A major objective of this project is to provide support for selected activities outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. It also seeks to assist the government in curbing the spread of the...