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The Jamaica Implementation of Quality, Environmental and Food Safety Systems project has been allocated $28 million to improve the international competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by implementing International Standards for Organisations (ISO) management systems. As contained in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project, which is being implemented by the Jamaica Bureau...

The work of the Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP) will be furthered through budgetary allocation of $170 million, as set out in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. The government of Jamaica and Inter-American Development Bank-funded project aims to enhance the quality and delivery of agricultural support services mainly through improving extension, marketing...

Jamaica's newly appointed Consul General to Toronto, Anne-Marie Bonner, has expressed admiration at the work being done by the St. Thomas Healthcare Organization to assist persons in the parish. Speaking at her first official engagement since assuming office last week, Mrs. Bonner said the organization should be commended for its work in assisting the eye-care needs of the residents of...

Plans are in place to introduce 36 additional police personnel, called Resource Officers (SROs), to the Safe Schools Programme by June 2007. Currently, there are 114 trained SROs serving 92 schools island wide. Superintendent, Norman Heywood, coordinator of the police component of the Safe Schools Programme, told JIS News that the increase was to ensure that there were no shortages...

A sum of $250 million has been allocated to the Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project, as set out in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The objective of this project is to provide support for selected activities of the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. It also seeks to assist the government in curbing the spread...

The second phase of the Reform of Secondary Education (ROSE) Project has received $312 million in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure in order to continue improvement of the quality and equity of secondary education through school-based initiatives. The Estimates were tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday (April 12) by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies. Among the...

The Primary Education Support Project has been allotted a sum of $374 million in the 2006/2007 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives. Funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, the project aims to contribute to the improved performance, efficiency and equity of the primary education system through the effective implementation of the revised primary curriculum and...

Creating and Maintaining the Just Society The most telling and lasting long term contribution that will be made by you as a result of your successful participation in these learning exercises in a structured setting is the role that you will play as we move toward the creation and maintenance of the just society in Jamaica. For the real and...

The 2006/07 Parliamentary Year was ushered in today (April 12), with much ceremony and fanfare, highlighted by the delivery of the Throne Speech by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Honourable Professor Kenneth Hall. It was also a history making event, with the first female Prime Minister of the country leading Government members into the House. Sporadic cheers from party supporters...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall, has said that the government, over the last three years, has delivered on its promises, with the passage of a number of significant pieces of legislation and fulfilling policy objectives. These he said, include the Child Care and Protection Act; the conversion of the Child Development Agency into an Executive Agency;...

Some $125 million has been allocated in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Eradication of New World Screwworm Project, to continue prevention, control and quarantine measures, resulting in increased food production. The project, which is funded by the government of Jamaica and the International Atomic Energy Agency, aims to eradicate the new world...

The Enhancement of Basic Schools Project, a programme under the Ministry of Education and Youth, is slated to receive some $120 million to continue its work during the 2006/2007 financial year. The money has been allocated in the 2006/07 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives, by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies today...