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The Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) has received an allocation of $3.34 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament. The project seeks to continue improvement of the island’s road network in order to stimulate economic development and enhance the welfare of Jamaica’s citizens. Achievements to date, include: completion of an engineering feasibility study; signing of a conditional...

The Government is to spend $25 million this year on the development of an irrigation system for the Trelawny Stadium field. The money has been set aside in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by Independence Park Limited, through funding from the Consolidated Fund, the project aims to develop and install a sustainable...

A sum of $24.9 million is to be spent this year on the continued development of a National Identification System (NIDS) for Jamaica. The funds have been made available in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to establish a reliable identification system of Jamaican citizens and ordinarily resident individuals in Jamaica, with...

The development of an Energy Services Company (ESCO) Industry in Jamaica will be advanced with a further budgetary allocation of $23 million this year. The funds have been made available in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The project aims to develop a sustainable ESCO Industry in Jamaica by raising the level of...

Poor persons with disabilities across the island, are to continue benefitting from major interventions under the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) project, following an allotment of $40 million in the 2015/16 Budget. The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, with funding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. It...

A sum of $35 million has been provided in the 2015/16 Budget for the continued installation of flood lights and other related works at Sabina Park. The project seeks to improve Jamaica’s attraction as a destination for sports tourism and towards the continued development of cricket in Jamaica, in particular at the youth and professional levels. It is being implemented...

The city of Montego Bay in St. James, will continue to benefit from the interventions of the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative, for which a further $15 million has been allotted in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure. The project seeks to contribute to the implementation of Montego Bay’s urban sustainability Action Plan, in which the general goal is to address...

Key disaster mitigation activities will continue this year under the Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction project, following a further allotment of $127.9 million. The funds have been provided for in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), the project seeks to reduce the risk of...

Repairs to the roadway leading to the Riverton City Landfill, will continue in the new fiscal year, with an allotment of $30 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure. The project seeks to improve the utilisation of the Riverton Landfill and reduce the down-time and operating costs of garbage trucks. Rehabilitation of the two kilometres of roadway will include: preparation...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon Peter Phillips says negotiations with public sector workers are proceeding “in good faith.” Speaking in an interview with JIS News on Wednesday February 25, the Finance Minister said most of the discussions so far have been to clarify issues. “The section of the Ministry being led by Minister Horace Dalley, responsible for...

The Government has budgeted $122.1 million for construction and improvement works under the Ministry of Justice. This is outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $72.1 million will go towards the construction and improvement of courthouses. This money will be used to complete all works on Public Buildings North (Justice Square...

A total of $14 million has been set aside in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, to effect the National Quick Start Programme Trust Fund Project, in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change. The project, formerly known as the Globally Harmonized System of the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, is being implemented...