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The Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) has been allocated some $1.1 billion in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Jamaican Government is aimed at supporting efforts to transform the Social Safety Net (SSN) into a fiscally sound and more efficient system of social assistance...

The Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project has been allocated $1.1 billion to provide improved water supply system to the KMA, in keeping with the rapid growth of industrial and housing developments. The allotment is contained in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The KMA includes southeast St. Catherine, Kingston and St....

Some $250 million has been allocated to the Rural Water Supply Project, a programme under the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Works, in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project is to improve basic sanitary/health conditions by increasing the coverage of potable water and sanitation services in poor rural...

Twenty-eight apprentice beekeepers recently graduated from a training programme in apiculture having benefited from a $2.9 million investment in the sector by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land. The Apiculture Unit of the Research and Development Division in the Ministry hosted the graduation ceremony for the apprentices, who were formerly unemployed young men and women and who participated in the...

Some $11 million has been allocated to the Capacity Building in Competition Policy project, which seeks to enhance competition in the Jamaican economy by strengthening the capacity of the Fair Trading Commission (FTC). This is contained in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Houses of Representative.The project, which began in April 2005 and is slated to end in...

The National Solid Waste Management Project is to benefit from a sum of $65 million to continue its efforts to improve the management of solid waste throughout the island during the 2006/2007 fiscal year. The provision is contained in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Omar Davies on Wednesday...

The Flood Damage Rehabilitation Project (May/June Floods) in the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Works has been allocated $29.5 million to assist the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) in its programme to upgrade and restore flood damaged roads on the National Road Infrastructure Network. This is contained in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives....

Jamaica Cricket 2007 Limited is to benefit from a $2 billion allotment towards the completion of the World Cup Cricket 2007 Greenfield Stadium Project. As contained in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives, the amount will facilitate the completion of the multipurpose sports and entertainment facility in time for the hosting of the opening ceremony...

The Port Antonio Water Sewerage and Drainage Project, a programme within the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Works, has been allocated $120 million in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The sum will finance, inter alia, the upgrading of the existing drainage system and the introduction of a new central wastewater collection and treatment system...

Some $27 million has been allocated in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure to the Kingston Water and Sanitation Project, to continue to, among other things, rehabilitate and expand the water supply and distribution systems in Kingston and St. Andrew.Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies on Wednesday (April 12) tabled the Estimates in the House of Representatives. The Water and...

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Project has been allocated some $80 million to contribute to Jamaica's e-readiness and the development of the sector, in order to increase competitiveness, diversify exports and expand productive employment. This is contained in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives.The project, which is being implemented by the Government of Jamaica,...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has been allotted $982 million to carry out social infrastructure development works during this fiscal year. The amount, which has been provided in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives, is expected to be utilized in the completion of some 201 projects including social and economic infrastructural schemes, organizational strengthening...