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Just over $4 million has been allocated in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, to fund integrated management of Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Management Area Project, in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change. The undertaking, being implemented by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) over the next four years, beginning this September,...

The Jamaica Economical Housing Project has been given $1.35 billion in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to upgrade infrastructure (water, sewer and roads) in rural communities of St. Ann and St. Elizabeth; provide affordable housing solutions in St. Elizabeth; and to alleviate the deficit of housing solutions in St. Ann, by...

Some $1.2 billion has been set aside for the Tropical Storm Nicole- Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Drainage Project, in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to rehabilitate, restore and protect critical sections of physical infrastructure in the island and reduce the vulnerability and difficulties which have arisen for the entire KMA. Rehabilitation...

The Palisadoes Shoreline and Road Project has been allocated some $1.87 billion in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to protect the integrity and viability of the investments made by the Government and ensure that its citizens have reliable access; and to make the corridor less susceptible to flooding, while also protecting...

Some $118.5 million has been set aside in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure to increase reading fluency and foundation mathematics skills in Grades One to Three at selected schools, as well as improve school performance and strengthen public/private partnership. During the fiscal year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Jamaica Basic Education project, being implemented by the Ministry of...

Bursar at the St. Jago High School in St. Catherine, Yvonne Lee, is the national winner of the Kingston Book Shop's inaugural Educational Support Staff Achievement (ESSA) award. Mrs. Lee was among three other regional awardees, who were honoured at ceremony held on Friday (May 11) at the Terra Nova All-Suite hotel in Kingston. Senior Secretary, Albert Town High School...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, got a first hand view of Jamaica Blue Mountain beans being roasted, grounded and brewed in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 11, when he toured Blue Mountain Inc. The Minister, along with  Senator Norman Grant  and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Donovan Stanberry,  also tasted the brew, with  Mr. Grant, one of the...

Development of Jamaica’s Water Sector Policy and Rural Master Plan by the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, has been further boosted by the provision of  $17.7 million in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, currently being reviewed in the House of Representatives. The undertaking, which commenced in April 2011, is intended to provide access by some 85 per...

Activities under the Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme should be significantly enhanced this year through a $1.5 billion provision, set aside in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, aims to rehabilitate essential portions of the main road system and ensuring physical continuity of the...

All outstanding civil works under the Washington Boulevard Corridor Widening Programme will be completed this fiscal year, through allocation of $530 million. The provision, contained in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives, will also go towards completing  utilities relocation and facilitating payment for re-measured works and project accounts. Implemented in January 2008, through...

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most. Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, on May 14 implored parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth, to show respect for the views of others during House sittings, as a demonstration of their commitment to the process of democracy. “I suggest that as parliamentarians, you view this matter of civility and respectful discourse in parliament as not just a...

Some $907 million has been set aside in the 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure, being reviewed by the Standing Finance Committee of the House, to continue work on the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change’s Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. The undertaking, being implemented by the National Water Commission (NWC), is aimed at providing an improved water...