A total of $361.58 million has been earmarked for a project aimed at promoting safer sex practices among groups at high risk for HIV transmission. The allocation, to the HIV prevalence in Most-at-Risk Population Reduced Project in the Ministry of Health, is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The initiative, which started in...

The Government is expected to spend $292 million this fiscal year to undertake rehabilitation of the Mid-Clarendon Irrigation system to reduce water loss and operational costs. The funds have been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. To be implemented by the National Irrigation Commission, the works will involve replacement of several thousand...

The Ministry of Health is to spend some $1.32 billion under the Health Services Improvement Project to support enhanced service delivery in the public health system. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on April 14, by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. The targets for the fiscal...

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (March 29), approved a Resolution which will provide the Government with a sum of $83.83 billion to carry-on its business for a period of three months, from April 1 to June 30. Moving the resolution, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, informed that the sum comprised $76.46 billion for recurrent...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the new format for shorter Budget and Sectoral Debate presentations, which was introduced this year, has worked well. The new format saw Government Ministers’ presentations being limited to 45 minutes, with 30 minutes allocated for Opposition Spokespersons. Delivering the closing 2015/16 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is working to improve the services offered to youth, to increase their engagement in society. Through the establishment of two Youth Information Centres (YICs) in Hanover and Spanish Town, St. Catherine, the Ministry aims to place greater emphasis on engaging at-risk youth, which include unattached and out-of-school youth with maladaptive behaviours, and delinquent youth...

The Minister of Youth and Culture, Lisa Hanna, says the Government will be spending approximately $89 billion on programmes for youth and children across eight Ministries this financial year. The figure, she says, represents 14 percent of the total budget. Minister Hanna, who was making her contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 6,...

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is spearheading the development of a National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence (NPACV). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Lisa Hanna, made the announcement during her contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral debate in the House of Representatives on May 6. She said the NPACV, which will be implemented during the course...