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For the 2014/15 fiscal year, the government aims to rehabilitate, restore and protect critical sections of the physical infrastructure in Jamaica and reduce the vulnerability and difficulties, which have arisen for the entire Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). To this end, $883.4 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure for the Tropical Storm Nicole-KMA Drainage Project. The project...

Government will spend $39.6 million this year to advance the development of a National Identification System (NIDS). Details of this allocation are contained in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to establish a unique National Identification Number (NIN) for all persons living in Jamaica, which will be issued from birth. It will...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and the Revenue Appeals Division (RAD) are set to commence implementation of the Jamaica Business Taxation Reform (JAMTAX) programme this year. Forty million dollars has been earmarked for the undertaking in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 3. The project aims to assist in improving the regulatory, institutional, and...

Implementation of the Government’s electronic procurement process will continue this year, with a $102.6 million allocation from the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 3. For this year, the project, being implemented by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, is expected to entail acquisition of an electronic procurement system, deemed appropriate and suitable for...

As the Government works to improve the economic and social well being of persons with disabilities, a sum of $40 million has been set aside in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, to further assist this group. The money has been provided under the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities project, which seeks to increase the employ-ability and skills...

A total of $14.6 million has been budgeted by the government to continue work on the National Policy and Plan of Action on International Migration and Development, this year. The allocation is contained in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 3. Several activities are anticipated to take place this year under the project,...

The Government’s Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project is slated for implementation over the next 12 months. A total of $10 million has been earmarked for the undertaking in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 3. The programme, being implemented by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, aims to strengthen public resource management, and...

Northern Jamaica Development Project has been allocated $2.4 billion in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The projects seeks to develop infrastructure along Jamaica’s North Coast; improve vehicular and pedestrian safety; reduce overall transportation costs and alleviate congestion along the corridor, by eliminating standing water on driving surfaces; and improve...

The Government has allocated $14.3 million in the 2014/2015 Budget to protect a number of coastal communities in Negril from flooding and other natural disasters. The project, to be managed by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), will enable persons to protect their livelihoods and food security, as improvement to land and water for the agricultural sector will be done,...

A project to rehabilitate essential portions of the main road system has been allocated $689.7 million in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure. The Estimates of Expenditure is now before the Standing Finance Committee of the House. The initiative entitled, the Transportation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project, is aimed at ensuring physical continuity of the primary road network by minimizing the impact of...

The Government has set aside $278.9 million in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which have been tabled in the House of Representatives, to continue the Public Sector Modernisation Programme, this year. Under the Public Sector Moderation Programme III, which is funded by the European Union (EU), Inter-American Bank (IDB), China Co-Financing Fund, and the Government of Jamaica, Ministries, Departments, and...

An allocation of just over $18 million has been set aside in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to further undertake activities under the Water Sector Policy, and Rural Master Plan. The project, which began in April 2011, is intended to provide access by some 85 per cent of rural households to safe potable water....