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The National Water Commission (NWC) has received $251 million towards the Major Rural Water Supply Project, details of which are given in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. This project, which is funded by the Government and the European Economic Community, seeks to improve the quantity and quality of water supplied to the residents within the communities...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is spending more than $290 million to repair and rehabilitate roads in western Jamaica, with most of the projects expected to be completed in another four to six weeks. Communications Manager at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News that this did not include the work being carried out on the section of the North...

The Ministry of Health is moving to address the growing problem of children roaming the streets.Health Minister, Horace Dalley, has said that a team, comprised of representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) retired police and army officers, would be formed to "rid the streets of children at nights." The Minister, who was speaking at the official launch of Child Month 2007...

Consul General to the Southern United States, Ricardo Allicock, has encouraged Jamaicans in Tennessee to be part of the Diaspora movement to contribute to the development of their homeland. Mr. Allicock, who was addressing a lecture/rap session at the Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville recently, provided information on the country's culture, heritage and economic climate, including developments in trade...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands has commissioned a study of the island's coffee industry and the Coffee Industry Board (CIB), as a means of determining a fair regulatory structure for the sector. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Donovan Stanberry, made the disclosure at a meeting of the Blue Mountain Coffee Farmers Co-operative held recently at...

Six Judges were sworn in today (April 5), to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court by Deputy Governor-General, the Very Reverend Canon Weeville Gordon, at a ceremony held at King's House. The judges are: Mahadev Dukharan, who will serve in the Court of Appeal; Martin Gayle, Marva McDonald Bishop, Christine McDonald and Bertram Morrison, Puisne Judges; and Audre...

Windsor Forest Primary School emerged winner of the recently held Reading and Mathematics competition among primary schools in Portland, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Port Antonio. The competition, which was held at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), on April 2, was sponsored by the club in keeping with the commitment of Rotary International to implement programmes...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said over $1 Billion was being spent annually by the National Health Fund (NHF) to assist beneficiaries with the purchase of prescription drugs. She made the disclosure on Wednesday (Apr. 4) at the reopening of a new production plant by Federated Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. in Kingston. The Prime Minister added that the support of the...

Ontario's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Hon. Mike Colle, has said that the Miss Lou's Room, slated to open later this year in Toronto, would serve to strengthen linkages and exchanges between Jamaica and Canada. The Minister was speaking with Jamaica's newly appointed High Commissioner to Canada, Evadne Coye, when she called on him at his offices recently. Minister Colle...

A sum of $6.14 billion has been allocated to the Disaster Management Programme in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works. This is outlined in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme aims to develop a comprehensive system for dealing with disasters, whether natural or man-made, by implementing preventive measures, public education programmes...

The Government has allocated $3.49 million for the phasing out of ozone depleting substances in the Estimates of Expenditure which is now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to provide for the elimination and consumption of all ozone depleting substances in keeping with commitments under the Montreal Protocol and its respective amendments, to which Jamaica is a party....

The Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, has been allotted more than $2.82 billion this financial year to fund the Arterial Road Programme, which facilitates the maintenance of roads and structures. This is contained in the 2007/2008 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the total sum, $1.85 billion will go toward meeting the cost of...