The Government has budgeted $393 million in the upcoming fiscal year to undertake construction and renovation works at several correctional facilities. The allocation will be used to construct changing rooms and roads at Tower Street, Rio Cobre and St. Catherine adult correctional centres, and internal security fencing at Brick Yard Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre; and repair security cameras at...

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) will be spending $151 million to acquire vehicles in the new fiscal year. Details of the project, titled ‘Acquisition of Vehicles – Department of Correctional Services (DCS)’, are outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation will be used for the procurement of assorted fleet vehicles, which...

The Government has allocated $570 million towards the implementation of the Integrated Community Development Project II. This is outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to enhance access to basic urban infrastructure and services, and contribute towards increased community safety in selected economically vulnerable and socially volatile communities in Jamaica. For...

Work on the construction and improvement of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) facilities will continue in the new financial year. A sum of $1.5 billion has been provided for the undertaking, in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. The objective is to facilitate the construction of facilities for training, accommodation, offices and storage. The allocation...

The Government has allocated $2.8 billion to boost the Jamaica Defence Force’s ability to monitor and safeguard the country’s borders. As outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project aims to procure radar, marine offshore patrol vessels, cameras, software, hardware and other equipment. The money will go towards completing the acquisition of equipment...

The Government will be spending $3.03 billion in the new fiscal year to conclude the procurement of aircraft for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). This is outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The Estimates were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 11 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr....

The Government has budgeted $2.3 billion to construct and renovate police stations and other facilities to boost the fight against crime. The project, entitled ‘Construction and Improvement of Police Buildings’, is being implemented by the Ministry of National Security. As outlined in the 2020/21 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the money will also go towards the...

The JDF will be conducting training exercises in and around the Moneague area in St Ann over the period Monday February 17, 2020 to Friday February 28, 2020. The JDF is advising residents that there is no need to be alarmed by the presence of the soldiers as the training exercises in their community will not involve any live firing...