The Government will be spending more than $144 million for environmental improvement to the Negril area, as outlined in the 2020/2021 Budget, now before the House of Representatives. Objectives of the Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco Project) are to restore historical hydrological and other physical processes in the Negril Great Morass; enhance...

A sum of $350 million has been allotted under the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) for the continued improvement of the island’s road network. The money has been provided in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Up to December 2019 under the project, approximately 416km of the 430km of prioritised roads targeted have been rehabilitated,...

Work to further strengthen the local business environment to facilitate private-sector investments will continue under the Jamaica Foundations for Competitiveness and Growth Project, during the next fiscal year. Approximately $972.5 million is earmarked in the 2020/212 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to finance the programmed engagements. The project, which commenced in September 2014, aims to enhance...

The Government has budgeted $393 million in the upcoming fiscal year to undertake construction and renovation works at several correctional facilities. The allocation will be used to construct changing rooms and roads at Tower Street, Rio Cobre and St. Catherine adult correctional centres, and internal security fencing at Brick Yard Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre; and repair security cameras at...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be spending $151 million to acquire vehicles in the new fiscal year. Details of the project, titled ‘Acquisition of Vehicles – Department of Correctional Services (DCS)’, are outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will be used for the procurement of assorted fleet vehicles, which...

The Government will continue rehabilitation of several rural roads this fiscal year with an allocation of $400 million. The sum is provided for in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being undertaken by the National Works Agency (NWA), seeks to facilitate socio-economic development and integration of three parishes – Trelawny, Clarendon...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has been allocated an additional $60 million to further advance work during the upcoming fiscal year, to establish a National Policy and Plan of Action on International Migration and Development. This provision is contained in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to build the capacities of...

A total of 378 Jamaicans are to benefit from remedial education under phase three of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) in the new financial year. The undertaking forms part of the targets to be carried out under the CSJP, Phase Three, which aims to improve governance and behavioural changes focused on conflict resolution, social inclusion and safety, and...

The Government has set aside $137 million to strengthen socio-economic projects in the Yallahs and Hope River areas. Details are provided in the 2020/2021 Budget, now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project, called the Integrated Management of the Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Management Area, is to reduce pressure on natural resources in the Yallahs and Hope River...