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A sum of $63.3 million has been earmarked for the Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project in the Ministry of Health and Environment in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation is for the provision of support for selected activities under the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan and assistance for the government in curbing the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the Government would be aggressively pursuing tax collection from delinquent persons. Tax collection, he emphasised, would help solve some of the nation's economic problems. The Prime Minister was addressing some 400 Jamaican nationals and friends of Jamaica at a town hall meeting, held at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, South Florida last week....

A sum of $609.48 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure for the development of sport and recreational facilities, under the Venezuelan Investment Fund - BANDES. The projects, which are being implemented by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), include the GC Foster College football field ($20 million); the Stadium East practice field ($3.5 million); phase two...

The Caribbean Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators now has 30 new Associate members, bringing the total membership to 45, following a recently concluded training workshop at the Courtleigh Hotel, in Kingston. The disclosure was made by Convener and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Caribbean Chapter, John Bassie during an interview with JIS News. "The Chapter now...

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness is lauding the benefits of the Grade One Inventory Diagnostic Test, explaining that it serves as an excellent means of engaging parents in the education process. The Test is administered to students as soon as they enter primary school at age six and assesses the child's academic readiness for the Grade One curriculum. Speaking at...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has been allocated $54.2 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditures, now before the House of Representatives, for a new building. The purpose of the project is to provide customized office facilities for the Ministry, which will adequately support its needs in terms of accommodation for staff, meeting and conference facilities and...

The Construction and Improvement of Court Houses project has been allocated $437 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The provision for 2008/09 is to facilitate architectural and mobilization fees for the Mandeville Judicial Complex; refurbishing of the Balaclava and Cambridge Resident Magistrate (RM) Courts, the Supreme Court and the Coroner's and Traffic Courts...

The Universal Access Fund Company (UAF) has been assisted with the provision of $1.5 billion to facilitate the e-learning project. This has been made available in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The company was incorporated on May 18, 2005 in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of 2000 and started operations on June 1, 2005....

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), has been allocated $1.09 billion to purchase 77 garbage trucks. According to the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, $7 million has also been allocated to facilitate improvement works at the Riverton City landfill. A sum of $100 million has been set aside in the Estimates for the Local...

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) project will be aided with the allocation of $352.3 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. This project, aims to contribute to Jamaica's e-readiness and to support the development of the ICT sector, in order to increase competitiveness, diversify exports and expand productive employment. The purpose of the...

A sum of $1.2 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure for a project which is aimed at building disaster resilient communities. This will be done by strengthening the national and parish response capacity and developing a culture of disaster preparedness. Under the project, disaster management committees are to be established, the Office of Disaster Preparedness...

The Montego Bay Convention Centre project is to benefit from an allocation of $2.67 billion in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House, to commence implementation of civil works. The convention centre, when completed, will provide adequate space for meetings, exhibition and event-type occasions, with indirect employment of approximately 2,300 persons. It will seek, to generate foreign exchange...