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The Government has allocated some $121 million to boost activities under the Cadastral Mapping and Land Registration project. This is outlined in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The programme seeks to assist persons, particularly rural residents currently occupying lands but not in possession of titles for those properties, to formalise their holdings by providing...

Activities under the Water Sector Policy and Rural Master Plan project, is expected to be bolstered by the provision of $16.8 million in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change through funding by the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The...

As part of efforts to mitigate the threat of invasive alien species in the Caribbean, the Government has allocated some $41 million to the project. This is contained in the 2013/14 Estimate of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, being implemented by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), seeks to mitigate the threat to local biodiversity...

The Government of Jamaica is to spend some $25.7 million to conclude work on the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction project this fiscal year. The sum, which is contained in the 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, will go towards conducting project evaluation; convening project steering committee meetings; and to complete and close the...

A sum of $465 million has been allocated to the National Water Commission (NWC) to fund the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) Water Supply Project. Details of the allocation are outlined in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. With funding support provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the project will provide an improved water supply...

Some $13 million has been set aside in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to continue work on the Water Resources Authority’s (WRA) Evaluating Groundwater Recharge in the Upper Rio Cobre Basin programme. The project seeks to assess the potential for water-related developments and the resource capacity to meet present and future demand, as well...

Just over $1.45 billion has been allocated in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure to continue work on the Jamaica Economical Housing Project, being implemented by the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing. Under the project, work is slated to be undertaken on some 764 service lots, in phase three of the Belle Air development in St. Ann. The project, which...

MONTEGO BAY - Government is looking at the possibility of using sections of the Montpelier property in St. James, to provide space for housing solutions in the parish. Following an assessment tour on April 5, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, said that although the Montpelier lands are primarily used for agricultural production, about 1,000 hectares, which can...

A total of $159 million has been allocated to the Community Based Landslide Risk Management Project in the 2013/2014 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives.             The project seeks to reduce the risk of natural disasters in vulnerable communities in Jamaica and provide an evidence based toolkit for vulnerability reduction throughout the Caribbean.             This will be...

Consultant with the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), Dr. Oscar Coto, says Jamaica has an opportunity to tap into international financing that can assist with its efforts at reducing the impacts of climate change. This, he said, can be accomplished through advancement of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Programme of Activities (PoA) as well as Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs). “If...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is appealing to residents and business people in Negril to desist from purchasing water from illegal truck operators. NWC Vice President for Non Revenue Water and Energy Cost Reduction, Mark Blair, said that unauthorised persons are taking water from the NWC system and selling it for up to $10 per gallon. This, he said, is...

With an allotment of $1.01 billion to the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), Members of Parliament (MPs) have been equipped to better serve their constituents. The funds have been set aside in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. This allocation will be used to cover administrative and other operating expenses and provide grants to the 63...