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The South Coast Sustainable Development Project in the Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, has been allotted $1.5 million in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The sum will facilitate the sustainable development of the environment, as well as tourism, social development, and the generation of employment and institutional strengthening. The project is...

In keeping with its thrust to develop a comprehensive Local Sustainable Development Plan (LSDP) the Manchester Parish Development Committee has organised a special workshop for stakeholders, to be held at Bloomfield Great House on April 20, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Chairman of the Development Committee, John Minott told JIS News that the LSDP was based on Agenda 21, an international...

Deputy Mayor of Portmore, Councillor Colin Fagan has called for the Municipal Council to expeditiously institute a development order for Portmore, as a means of regulating the construction activities in that municipality. He made the appeal at a Council meeting held last week at the Portmore Pines Plaza. Councillor Fagan pointed to an area in the Municipality called 'Concrete Park'...

A contract valued at $8.8 million was signed last week between the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) and the Treadlight Youth and Community Club in Clarendon, for the rehabilitation of 1.6 kilometres of roadway in that community. Speaking at the signing ceremony Human Resources Manager at JSIF, Grace Ann Miller, said the work would included scarifying or digging up the...

The first Caribbean Climate Conference held in Montego Bay, from April 10 to 12 ended on a high note with the more than 100 participants making a commitment to continue the fight against global warming. To this end, a resolution was passed towards the end of the conference, calling for a more concerted effort towards a wide dissemination of the...

The Agro Industrial Development Project has been allocated some $9.8 million in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representative, to among other things, encourage the use of Jamaica's bio-diversity and raw material resources, to boost economic development. The project, which is being implemented by the Scientific Research Council, will also assist local food processors in expanding...

A sum of $179 million has been allocated to the National Road Services Improvement Programme and Institutional Strengthening Project, to continue with the creation of a self-sustainable system for the provision of a safe and reliable national road network. The money has been set aside in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is currently before the House of Representatives. The...

The Public Sector Modernization Programme (PSMP) has been allocated $343.1 million in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, to continue with the institutional strengthening of the Public Sector Reform Unit and the modernization of key ministries, among other things. The project, funded by the Canadian International Development Bank and the Department for International Development (DFID) is to be implemented by the...

A total of $436 million has been allotted to the Justice Ministry, in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The sum is to be used for the administration of justice. Of that amount, $391 million has been granted for Courthouses and Judicial Residences, while $45 million has been allotted for the purchase of...

More than $31.8 million has been granted to the Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation Project (JASPEV), in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The project falls within the ambit of the Office of the Cabinet and is funded by the Department for International Development and the Government of Jamaica. The project aims to establish...

Efforts to deepen the Jamaica-United States (U.S.) relationship were furthered on Friday (April 14) during discussions with the island's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Anthony Hylton and U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleeza Rice. The meeting, which the Minister characterized as "warm and constructive," covered several matters of political and economic importance and allowed Senator Hylton to...

The Ministry of Education and Youth's Education Transformation project has been allocated $3.6 billion in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The facilities and infrastructure component of the project received the lion's share of the allocation, with some $2.6 billion being given to rehabilitate and upgrade schools, handle space rationalisation of the primary...