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The Ministry of Education and Youth is in the process of inviting tenders for the construction of eight new schools across the island. This has been disclosed to JIS News by Claude Stewart, Work Stream Head of Schools, Facilities and Infrastructure on the Education Transformation Team. "Our programme has been in the making for the last year and it requires...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Anthony Hylton, has challenged Caribbean students in the Diaspora to look to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for gainful employment. The Minister who was delivering the keynote address at the Honours Convocation Ceremony hosted by Morgan State University (MSU) on Thursday, April 5, in Baltimore, Maryland, said that with the establishment of the...

The Road Rehabilitation Project of the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works has received a sum of $200 million in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. This project, which is jointly funded by the Government and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, serves to upgrade the road network, through the rehabilitation of 274 kilometres of...

The Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works has been granted $121 million for the widening of the Washington Boulevard Corridor. Details of the project are outlined in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The main target for this financial year is the acquisition of 100 per cent of the land that is required for...

Director of Tourism, Basil Smith has described 2006 as a landmark year for Canadians visiting Jamaica. "In total, we saw a 31.4 per cent increase in tourist arrivals from Canada. The destination had a total of 153,569 visitors from Canada, an increase of 36,707 over 2005," he said. Mr. Smith was addressing Canadian tourism partners who do business with Jamaica,...

Residents served by the Springfield pumping station in Eastern St. Thomas, who are facing disruption in their regular water supplies, should get some relief in another month, as the National Water Commission (NWC) is taking steps to address the situation. Minister of State for Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, while addressing a recent public forum in Morant...

Principal of the Happy Grove High School in Portland, Lauriston Lindsay, has called for schools to be allocated funds to promote youth organizations, such as the 4-H movement, to students. Mr. Lindsay, who was giving the main address at the annual Portland 4-H Achievement Day held recently on the campus of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), said...

The Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works has been granted more than $264 million for its Rural Water Supply Project in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is funded by the Inter-American Bank and the government of Jamaica, aims to improve the basic sanitary conditions by increasing the coverage...

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be upgrading water supply systems in Port Antonio this fiscal year, at a cost of $391.4 million. The works come under the Port Antonio Water Sewerage and Drainage Project in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works. As contained in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project...

The Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works has received $471.5 million towards its National Road Services Improvement Programme and Institutional Strengthening project, in the 2007/2008 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme, which is funded jointly by the Government of Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank, among other things, seeks to promote the creation of...

A sum of $3.54 billion has been allocated to the Northern Jamaica Development Project in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, to improve the infrastructure in tourism centres on the northern coast of Jamaica. This is contained in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives.The targets set for the 2007/08 financial year under Segment...

A sum of $485.5 million has been allocated to the National Water Commission (NWC) to fund the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. Details of the allocation are outlined in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is slated to end in 2010, will provide an improved water supply system to the...