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A sum of $14 million has been allotted to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) for the Social and Economic Support Programme and general government services. This is contained in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Possibility (Street Children) Programme, which falls under the Social and Economic Support Programme is to get the...

The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government on Friday (April 2) that will see the more than 22,000 teachers agreeing to a wage restraint of three per cent for two years. The signing took place at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, two months after Trade Unions representing public sector workers affixed their signatures...

Industry and Tourism Minister, Aloun Ndombet-Assamba has proposed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between consumers and producers that sets out the commitment of both parties to support each other for mutual benefit. Such a MOU, she said was not necessarily seen as a formal document, but a moral agreement based on principles of symbiotic development. "On the one hand, it...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has clarified misconceptions surrounding the proposed Teacher Performance Evaluation programme. Speaking at the launch of the Pre-Pilot training programme for the evaluation programme on Friday (April 2), at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston, Minister Henry-Wilson said that "Performance measurement is an attempt to come up with some objective basis on...

Farmers from the community of Arcadia, in South St. James, signed a contract on Thursday (April 1) with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), giving their undertaking to furnish in cash or kind at least 11 per cent of the total project cost of $8.7 million for the rehabilitation of the Arcadia to Mellerswood roadway. Work on that 2.7 kilometres...

Motorists travelling along Mountain View Avenue will soon be getting instant feedback on their speed to see whether or not they are obeying the prescribed speed limit. 3M Limited, an international traffic safety solutions provider, has partnered with the Jamaican Government to undertake a number of initiatives leading up to and on World Health Day, April 7, said Suzette Henriques,...

A total of $21.7 million has been allocated to the Environment Management of Kingston Harbour Project in the Ministry of Land and Environment, to develop structural options for implementing strategies for the Government of Jamaica to consider, and to support pre-investment efforts to address major pollutant sources. The funds, which have been set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure...

Some $70 million has been allocated to the Environmental Action Plan (ENACT) for Jamaica to, inter alia, continue providing technical advice to the Ministries and agencies of government in the development of environmental stewardship action plans and to assist them in their implementation. The sum has been set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure which was tabled in the...

Work will continue on the phasing out of ozone depleting substances, through funding of $3 million which has been allocated to the Montreal Protocol for the Phasing Out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), in the Ministry of Land and Environment. The sum, which has been set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, will...

Dr. Bertram Melbourne, a local Jamaican academic and priest, has been appointed to the newly constituted District of Columbia Commission on Caribbean Community Affairs by Mayor of the City of Washington, D.C. The recent announcement marks a new thrust on the part of Mayor Anthony Williams to reach out to the Caribbean community in the Washington metropolitan area. Mayor Williams...

Approximately 5,000 rural residents are expected to benefit from improved water supplies under the Government of Jamaica and Inter American Development Bank-funded Rural Water Supply Project. This is contained in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives.A sum of $126 million has been allocated for the project this fiscal year and the money will facilitate the...

A sum of $63.2 million has been allocated to the Ridge to Reef Watershed Project in the Ministry of Land and Environment to continue watershed monitoring protocols, address compliance and enforcement issues, and maintain the watershed management plan and strategy. The funds, which have been set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives will...