The Government has expended more than $3.5 billion for rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James and the creation of new infrastructure to support service provision to the citizens in that part of the island. This was disclosed by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has now completed the construction of four high-dependency units (HDUs) under the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC) at a cost of some $1.5 billion. “With these HDUs, PROMAC has provided Jamaica with 48 high-dependency spaces, some 38 new high-dependency beds and 10 new isolation suites, specifically for pregnant women...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has so far spent $3.8 billion on efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 7. A total of just under $6 billion has, to date, been budgeted...

The Government is to make more idle State-owned lands available for cultivation by small farmers. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who noted that the Administration is in dialogue with various organisations in order to facilitate this undertaking. The Minister, who was making his contribution to the...

The cadre of technical staff at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is expected to be increased by more than 100 per cent, with the proposed restructuring of the agency. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who said the new structure will see RADA’s technical staff moving...

To date, 275,712 gallons of irrigated water have been trucked to 136 farmers in 22 communities across the island under the recently instituted Drought Mitigation Programme. This was disclosed by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, who informed that procurement of 500 water tanks is also in progress, and 2,000 quarter-acre...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries is providing a special allocation of $50 million to assist small farmers across the island under its Production Incentive Programme. This was announced by Minister without Portfolio, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday (July 1). He informed that of the...