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The Citizen Security and Justice programme has received $864.9 million to fund its programmes for the 2007/08 financial year. Implemented by the Ministries of National Security, and Justice, the project aims to prevent and reduce violence; strengthen crime management capabilities; and to improve the delivery of judicial services. Achievements under the programme up to January 2007 include: the training of...

The thrust to improve the quality and equity of secondary education through school-based initiatives will be advanced this fiscal year with the allocation of $326.2 million for the Reform of Secondary Education Project (ROSE), Phase II. The sum has been set aside in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, which are now before the House of Representatives. The project will, during...

A sum of $75 million has been allocated for Crop and Livestock production in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure. The Special Incentives for Small Farmers sub-project will receive $63.4 million. This fund will be used to assist the most vulnerable farmers in their production efforts. Farmers will be provided with seedlings, spraying equipment, fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, feed and day...

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has received an allocation of $8 million in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out the repair and refurbishing of buildings. The funds will facilitate the renovation of the Linkway located at 79 Duke Street in order to accommodate staff. The Archaeological Division was relocated from Port Royal and as such additional space...

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) will continue to provide resources and support for street children with the aid of $8 million, which has been set aside in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, for the Possibility Programme. As set out in the Estimates, which are now before the House of Representatives, the funds will go towards the expansion of...

The Eradication of New World Screwworm Project will benefit from a budgetary allocation of $280 million this financial year, as set out in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House last week. The Government and the International Atomic Funding Agency-funded project aims to eradicate the new screwworm, an insect that causes destructive myiasis in warm blooded animals, including...

A total of $914 million has been allocated to the Jamaica Social Investment Fund in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, which are now before the House of Representatives. The money will finance several initiatives, including the Inner City Basic Services project ($328.8 million); the Basic Needs Trust Fund ($19.1million); the Poverty Reduction Programme ($76.1 million); and the National Community Development...

Funds totaling $667.9 million has been set aside in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure for the Development of Sport and Recreational Facilities. As set out in the Estimates, which are now before the House of Representatives, the project, which is being implemented by the Urban Development Corporation, was established to preserve and conserve cultural heritage; enhance the blossoming of creative...

The Expanding Education Horizons Project will, during the 2007/08 financial year, receive $24.6 million to continue to improve literacy and numeracy in targeted schools across the island. The money, which has been set aside in the Estimates of Expenditure, will also assist with the project's objective of enhancing the quality of interventions for out-of-school youth and increase stakeholder support. For...

The Planning Model Development and National Development Plan 'T21' will, during the 2007/08 financial year, receive $63.3 million to, among other things, continue with the institutional strengthening of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ). The funds, which have been allotted in the Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives last week, will also assist with the...

The Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP) in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is to receive a $327 million boost this fiscal year. The funds are earmarked in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in Parliament last week by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies. Funded by the government of Jamaica and the Inter American Development Bank, the...

The North Western Jamaica Schools Project has been allocated $1.75 billion in the 2007/08 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. This provision is to service the deferred financing facility, which falls due in the current fiscal period, and which was used to finance the construction of secondary schools in the Northwestern region of the island. The objective of this...