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The Ministry of Local Government and Environment's Parish Infrastructure Project (PIP), has been allotted an additional $60 million to further its activities over the new financial year. This money is set aside in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The sum will be expended to facilitate the completion of at least six priority laws for...

Sums totalling more than $102.6 million have been allocated to the Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture for the tourism product development and services portfolio. This is contained in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of this amount, the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has been allocated more than $77.5 million for training, beautification projects,...

Reverend Dr. Alfred Reid, Lord Bishop for the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, has decried the country's high homicide rate as "unnatural" and a "presumptuous defiance of God, the giver of life". "What is happening now may well be defined as most foul, because it has a peculiar demonic quality of violence, malevolence, heartlessness, capriciousness and terror....

The 2006 renewal of the Houston International Festival will be held April 21 - 30. The 35th running of the event will come alive with the rich sights and sounds of Jamaica which will run from the City Hall to Upper Sam Houston Park, stretching across 16 acres of park area. The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) will host a breakfast...

The Ministry of Local Government and Environment's Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project has been allocated $115 million as contained in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The sum will be utilized during the new fiscal year to effect the tendering processes, awarding of road rehabilitation contracts and the rehabilitation of 39 road segments island wide. Up...

Bull Savannah Primary School in St. Elizabeth was recently refurbished at a cost of $1.8 million, following damaged suffered from Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The financing for the work was undertaken by the school's Past Students' Association and the Education Fund. President of the Bull Savannah Past Students' Association, Pearl Dunkley told JIS News that during the refurbishing exercise her...

The Portmore Municipal Council is developing land for the creation of a complex that will house several small businesses. The property is located behind the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) depot in Greater Portmore and was donated by the Ministry of Housing, Water, Transport and Works. Mayor of Portmore, George Lee, told JIS News that in addition to creating a...

The Environmental Action Plan for Jamaica (ENACT) has been granted a sum of $109 million to carry out further work in the new financial year. This provision is set aside in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The money will enable the programme to continue its activities geared towards promoting sustainable development by supporting capacity...

The Board of Directors of Jamaica Cricket 2007 Limited has expressed concern about the performance of Ashtrom Building Systems, the contractors working on the Sabina Park upgrading project. According to Robert Bryan, Executive Director of the local organizing committee, the Board had a "very low level of confidence" about the commitment of the contractors to complete the project in accordance...

The Citizens Security and Justice Project will benefit from $380 million to implement projects to prevent and reduce violence, strengthen crime management capabilities and improve the delivery of judicial services. As contained in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project, which began in September 2001, was granted further extensions in 2005 and is slated...

The Northern Jamaica Development Project is set to continue in the current fiscal year, having been allotted $2.2 billion in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. The project, which is aimed at improving the road infrastructure in tourism centres on the northern coast of the island, falls under the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Works, and was...

The Road Rehabilitation Project has been allocated $206 million for the upgrading of 274 kilometres of road sections in 12 parishes. This sum is included in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. As part of the road rehabilitation programme, in Westmoreland, roads slated for repairs include Smithfield to Scotts Cove, Torrington to Galloway, Georges Plain...