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The Government has allocated $4.3 billion towards the improvement of the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) through the Social Protection Project II. The funds have been made available in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The initiative is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security through funding provided by...

A sum of $14.7 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, to enhance the institutional and regulatory framework for Jamaica’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT)/Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. The Estimates of Expenditure were tabled on April 14 in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. The initiative...

The Government has allocated $66.16 million to the Strengthening the Operational and Financial Sustainability of the National Area Protected System project, in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. The Project is expected to consolidate the operational and financial sustainability of Jamaica’s National System of Protected Areas (PAs). This objective will be achieved through three components: strengthening of financial planning and revenue...

A Road Rehabilitation Project has received $101.97 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, through the Kuwaiti Fund for Development. As outlined, the project seeks to contribute to the economic development of Jamaica by improving approximately 57 kilometres of road network to support agricultural, industrial and tourism activities in the parish of St. Mary, St. Ann and Westmoreland. The following...

The Government has allocated $6.97 billion in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure towards the funding of the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). The programme seeks to continue the improvement of the island’s road network in order to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Jamaica, and to stimulate economic development. For the current fiscal year, the project seeks...

The Government has allocated $200 million to the Basic Needs Trust Fund project, to reduce vulnerability through enhanced access to basic and social infrastructure. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project will see to the expansion and rehabilitation of the Port Antonio Primary School, the Black River Primary School and...

A sum of $7.2 million has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure towards the National Quick Start Programme Trust Fund project (formerly the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals). The project seeks to build the endogenous capacity of the country to manage chemicals and hazardous wastes in an environmentally sound manner. So far the...

A sum of $150 million has been allocated to the ‘Enhancing the Resilience of the Agricultural Sector and Coastal Areas’ project, in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to increase sectoral resilience and adaptive capacity to cope with the impacts of climate change by strengthening coastal protection and building institutional and local...

A sum of $40 million has been allocated to the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, to enhance the country’s resilience to disaster and climate risk. As outlined in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 14, the project, being implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister, is slated to run from April 2016...

The Government is continuing work on the Integrated Social Protection and Labour Programme with an allocation of $243 million. The funds have been made available in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the project aims to support...

A sum of $150.02 million has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure for the Caribbean Anti-Corruption Programme. As outlined in the Estimates, now before the House of Representatives, the project is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), to support the work of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM). Anticipated targets for the fiscal year include increasing...

A sum of $65.5 million has been allocated to a project to improve the management of the Yallahs and Hope River watershed areas. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The project, entitled: ‘Integrated Management of the Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Management Area,’ seeks to reduce the pressure on the natural resources in...