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A Child Therapeutic Centre is to be constructed for the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) during the upcoming fiscal year. The facility will offer psychological support to children who have undergone severe emotional trauma and are in need of therapeutic intervention. A sum of $684.4 million has been allotted to undertake this and other activities under the Basic...

Rehabilitation works are to commence at the Hope Valley Experimental School and August Town School in the upcoming financial year. An allotment of $726.2 million has been set aside in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out these and other activities under the Integrated Community Development Project II. The project is designed to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure...

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are to benefit from the issuance of 86 bank guarantees during the upcoming financial year. This is being facilitated through the Credit Enhancement Programme with a $440-million allotment in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Credit Enhancement Programme seeks to promote productive investments in MSMEs in Jamaica by...

Construction of three new fire stations in Montego Bay, St. James; Port Maria, St Mary; and Yallahs, St Thomas, is expected to be completed during the upcoming financial year. The Government has set aside $1.27 billion to undertake this and other activities under the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, which seeks to enhance Jamaica’s resilience to disaster and climate risk....

An $8-billion contingency provision has been earmarked for new projects being initiated under the Public Investment Management System (PIMS) during the new fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Contingency provisions are allocated to support new projects that are approved for implementation under PIMS, which was rolled out in...

The Government has budgeted $95.9 million to continue work under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience Phase II (PPCR II) during the upcoming fiscal year. Details of the project are contained in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme is scoped towards improving climate data and information management, with the aim of improving the...

The establishment of a United Nations (UN) House in Jamaica is to be completed during the upcoming financial year, with an allotment of $500,000. The funds have been set aside in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The money will be used for the completion of external works at Block 11, 14-16 Port Royal Street,...

A sum of $17.4 billion has been allotted in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure to continue implementation of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP). The project seeks to improve the alignment and capacity of the existing southern coastal main arterial road in order to make it safe and efficient, free from flooding and provide for future development. The funds...

A $39.7-million provision has been earmarked to continue the Technical Cooperation Facility VI (TCF VI) Project’s implementation during the new fiscal year. The sum is contained in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, which were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 18. The project, which is spearheaded by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), aims to identify and implement...

A sum of $554 million has been set aside by the Government to continue work to construct or renovate 10 health centres and three hospitals in order to improve primary and secondary healthcare delivery. This is under the Prevention and Care Management of Non-Communicable Disease Programme, the details of which are outlined in the 2021/2022 Estimates of Expenditure, which is...

A sum of $375 million has been allocated to the Improvement of the Emergency Communication System in Jamaica (IECSJ) project. The project, which is being implemented by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), aims to develop a national emergency communication system to coordinate incident response among the various critical agencies of government and volunteers. Details are outlined...

The fleet of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is to be boosted with the addition of fire pumpers in the new fiscal year, as the Government continues to equip the fire service to adequately respond to emergencies. A sum of $1.9 billion has been earmarked for the project in the 2021/22 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives...