Details of the master plan for the Greater Bernard Lodge Development in St. Catherine are being finalised. Urban Planner, Martin Addington, said establishment of the water and sewerage infrastructure and the allocation of remaining blocks of land to interested private developers, are among the areas being firmed up. “A competitive tendering process will begin for the land development in short...

Implementation of the Government’s development strategy will be further boosted in the new fiscal year with an additional $13.7 million. The sum is set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The six-year Technical Cooperation Facility V, which commenced in November 2014, is designed to identify, formulate and implement activities financed under the European...

Work is expected to begin in April on the development of a state-of-the-art Closed Harbour Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James. This follows the allocation of $550 million in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure to undertake the renovation project in the upcoming fiscal year. Over a two-year period, the 16-acre property, also known as ‘Dump-up Beach’, is to be...

The Government will commence the Montego Bay Waterfront Protection Project in the upcoming fiscal year with an allocation of $400 million. Details are given in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Activities under the project, which are expected to begin in April 2019, involve the rehabilitation of the Montego Bay Groynes. This is to reduce...

Vision 2030 Jamaica will be on display at the 20th staging of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Research Days (February 6 to 8), on the Mona Campus. Vision 2030 Jamaica is a strategic road map to guide the country to achieve its goals of sustainable development and prosperity by 2030. The comprehensive vision of the national development plan...

A new study on the local castor oil industry is showing significant potential for Jamaican Black Castor Oil in the United States (US). The Complete Caribbean study indicates that the US market for the product stands at about US$28 ¬million. “The potential sales are much higher than I thought they would ever be,” said Private Sector Development Specialist with Complete...

Cabinet has approved the award of a $1.29 billion contract to develop the Closed Harbour Beach Park in Montego Bay, St. James. The Urban Development Corporation (UDC), which is spearheading the project, has awarded the contract to M&M Construction Ltd. to construct a state-of-the-art beach park at the property, which is also known as ‘Dump-up Beach’. This was disclosed by...