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A Government team is monitoring the United States-based mining entity, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NAHC), that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. NAHC is the parent company of St. Ann-based Noranda Bauxite Limited (NBL), which is part owned by the Government. Transport and Mining Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, gave details of the move, in response to questions from Opposition Spokesman...

The Government is to construct a banana and plantain processing plant at the All Island Banana Growers Association’s (AIBGA) premises at Trinity in St. Mary. Some $143 million has been provided in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure for the facility and other activities under the Jamaica Banana Accompanying Measures (JBAMS) project. Implemented in October 2013, the project aims to combat...

A sum of $798.7 million has been allocated to carry out infrastructural works to several office buildings of agencies of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. The money has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $478 million has been allotted to commence and complete construction of the build-out...

The Ministry of Finance and Planning will carry on with the implementation of the Caribbean Criminal Asset Recovery Programme (CCARP), for which a sum of $10.2 million has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme, which commenced in January 2013, is designed to support the strengthening of the Financial Investigations Division...

The Palisadoes Shoreline and Road Project is slated to be completed in December. The Government has allocated $8 million for the final stage of works. The funds are contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Initiated in July 2010, the Palisadoes project aims is to address the flooding of the road corridor, while also...

The Rural Road Rehabilitation Project II has been allocated $830 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. The project, which got underway in 2008, seeks to rehabilitate approximately 47 kilometres of roads in the parishes of Trelawny, Clarendon, and Manchester in order to facilitate socio-economic development and integration of the three parishes. The roads include the 16-kilometre stretch from Stettin...

Contingency funding of $550 million has been allocated for weather related risks in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. To be used specifically for natural disasters and infrastructure rehabilitation, this allocation is in keeping with the Fiscal Responsibility Framework Regulations, contained in the Financial Administration and Audit Act (FAA Act). In the meantime, another contingency provision of $100 million has been...

A sum of $1.6 billion has been allocated in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, towards the continuation of the Integrated Support to the Jamaica Social Protection Strategy project. The project, which commenced in November 2015, is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....

Fishing communities across the island are to receive additional support in building resilience against climate change. This is through an allotment of $12.9 million to the Promoting Community-based Climate Resilience in the Fisheries Sector project in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries. As contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the allocation...

A total of $200 million will be spent this fiscal year to continue construction and improvement work, at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Lathbury Barracks, at Up Park Camp. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Anticipated targets for this fiscal year include continuing construction on the first and second three storey...

A total of $3 million has been allocated to the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Local Offender and Deported Persons Programme, to complete outstanding payment activities. As outlined in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the programme seeks to: reduce the rate of re-offending among local offenders and deportees; improve the rehabilitation and reintegration of deportees...

A total of $1.2 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of National Security, to purchase vital equipment needed for the maintenance of law and order. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The Estimates were recently tabled by the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. Of the...