The Rural Electrification Programme (REP) has largely completed its mandate by bringing Jamaica’s electrification rate in rural communities to 97 per cent. Making her contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representative on April 29, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said the programme will now move into a new phase, which will see the...

Flood prone communities across the island are now better equipped to deal with the hazard as a result of the Government spending over $4 billion on mitigation measures. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who made the announcement during her 2014/2015 Budget Debate presentation in the House, on Tuesday, April 29, noted that the money was spent over...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the government will continue its efforts to attract both foreign and local investment, to create jobs and to grow the economy. Mrs. Simpson Miller was making her presentation in the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 29. She informed that Noranda Bauxite is investing US$18 million...

Twelve thousand persons are expected to be employed in the new phase of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), this year. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during her contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, April 29. The programme was launched by Mrs. Simpson Miller on March...

The Disabilities Bill, which seeks to make provisions to safeguard and enhance the welfare of persons with disabilities across Jamaica, will be tabled in Parliament this year. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during her contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on April 29. Mrs. Simpson Miller said the...

Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness, has suggested that with the proposed development of Goat Island as a logistics hub, efforts should be made to develop the necessary human capital that will be of benefit to the sector. “Jamaica has always been close to the major shipping routes and we have had a port for a long while. Aside from...

Opposition Spokesman on Finance and Planning, Audley Shaw, is recommending that the National Housing Trust (NHT) lift the ceiling on the amount of money loaned to depositors to purchase homes. He made the recommendation during his contribution in the 2014/15 budget debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 22. “The present limit of $4.5 million I believe…should be...