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A sum of $880 million has been allocated to the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III to carry out crime and violence prevention programmes in targeted communities. The money allocated for the new fiscal year will see $15 million going towards parenting education; $20 million for counselling interventions; $30 million for violence interruption services; $77 million for social marketing;...

A sum of $11.2 million has been allocated for the hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plan Implementation Project, in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure. The proposed budget is now before the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives. The project seeks to freeze importation of HCFCs at 2009 and 2010 average import levels (baseline consumption) and reduce baseline...

The Ministry of Finance and Planning will continue implementation of the Government’s Fiscal Administration Modernization Programme. This will be done with the $1.4 billion allocated in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before Parliament. The project, which commenced in December 2011, seeks to support the Government in achieving a sustainable fiscal position by strengthening the Finance Ministry’s institutional capacity to...

Phase two of the Pilot Programme for Climate Change (PPCR II) continues this year with an $18.7 million allocation, which is outlined in the 2015/ Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament. The project, being implemented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), aims to: enable effective planning and design of adaptation initiatives through access to climate change scenarios specific to...

The country’s effort to develop a robust national greenhouse gas inventory is to be strengthened with the allocation of $25 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being funded by the United States Agency for International Development, is slated to commence in April 2015. Anticipated targets under the initiative dubbed,...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has been allocated an additional $10 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament, to continue implementation of a project designed to assist persons understand the social effects of the financial crisis. The project, which commenced in June 2010, is intended to strengthen the capacity and generate knowledge of persons that would...

Employees in the tourism industry are to benefit from the construction of some 100 two bedroom units in Belle Air III, St. Ann, under the Jamaica Economical Housing Project, this year. To this end, Government has allocated just over $1 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, which will go before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament tomorrow (March 3)....

The Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP) has received an allocation of $3.34 billion in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament. The project seeks to continue improvement of the island’s road network in order to stimulate economic development and enhance the welfare of Jamaica’s citizens. Achievements to date, include: completion of an engineering feasibility study; signing of a conditional...

The Government is to spend $25 million this year on the development of an irrigation system for the Trelawny Stadium field. The money has been set aside in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Being implemented by Independence Park Limited, through funding from the Consolidated Fund, the project aims to develop and install a sustainable...

A sum of $24.9 million is to be spent this year on the continued development of a National Identification System (NIDS) for Jamaica. The funds have been made available in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to establish a reliable identification system of Jamaican citizens and ordinarily resident individuals in Jamaica, with...

The development of an Energy Services Company (ESCO) Industry in Jamaica will be advanced with a further budgetary allocation of $23 million this year. The funds have been made available in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The project aims to develop a sustainable ESCO Industry in Jamaica by raising the level of...

Poor persons with disabilities across the island, are to continue benefitting from major interventions under the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) project, following an allotment of $40 million in the 2015/16 Budget. The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, with funding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. It...