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The Trees for Tomorrow project has received $31 million to develop Forest Land Use Database for the Rio Minho in Clarendon, Dolphin Head Reserve in Westmoreland and Hanover and Martha Brae Watershed in Trelawny. The project, for which the allocation is set out in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives, will also prepare and publish...

Some $25.5 million has been allocated to the 'Strengthening of Jamaica's National Quality Infrastructure' project in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The funds provided will be used for the provision of technical consultancy for laboratories selected to participate in the Laboratory Accreditation Technical Assistance (LATA) Programme, completion of the legislation for the National Quality...

A sum of $110 million has been granted to the Ministry of National Security's Citizens Security and Justice project in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. This money will be expended to refurbish juvenile correctional centres and family court building in Kingston/St. Andrew, develop job descriptions and procedural manuals for the Department of Correctional Services, commission the...

Efforts to provide an improved water supply system for the City of Kingston have been boosted with the allocation of $184 million for the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. This is contained in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the National Water Commission (NWC), through funding...

A sum of $110 million has been granted to the Ministry of National Security's Citizens Security and Justice project in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. This money will be expended to refurbish juvenile correctional centres and family court building in Kingston/St. Andrew, develop job descriptions and procedural manuals for the Department of Correctional Services, commission the...

Efforts to provide an improved water supply system for the City of Kingston have been boosted with the allocation of $184 million for the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. This is contained in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the National Water Commission (NWC), through funding...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has been allocated a sum of $300 million to carry out poverty alleviation programmes in the 2004/05 fiscal year. As stated in the Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on March 31, by Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, the money will assist Government's efforts to establish an...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has been allocated a sum of $300 million to carry out poverty alleviation programmes in the 2004/05 fiscal year. As stated in the Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on March 31, by Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, the money will assist Government's efforts to establish an...

Minister of Education, Youth and Culture, Maxine Henry Wilson has urged high school students to exercise greater self-discipline and steer clear of violent encounters, on and off their school compounds. The Minister pointed out that an "excessive amount of time and money is spent on doing what we really should not be doing, and that is trying to cauterize the...

Jamaicans in South Florida will be treated to performances of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) at two shows this weekend. The shows are part of the annual 'Caribbean Dance Celebration'. In a presentation called 'Dances of the African Diaspora', the NDTC will be joined by troupes from Trinidad, Guyana, the Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, Belize, and Haiti. Also in...

A sum of $26 million has been allotted to the Citrus Replanting project to prevent the total decline of the citrus industry, through the replanting of groves with plants tolerant to the citrus tristeza virus. The allocation is outlined in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The funds will be used to provide research services...

The Crop and Livestock Production Programme has received a boost this year with $50 million set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The funds have been allotted to three subprojects including the Production Incentives project, which gets a share of $9 million to fund the Jamaica Dairy Development Board, which develops policy and...