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The Ebony Park Production Crop project in Toll Gate Clarendon has sold over $3.8 million worth of various produce from six of its 35 farmers during January and February. President of the Ebony Park Farmers Association, Fitz Shaw told JIS News that he was pleased with the speed with which the farming project has recovered from the devastation caused by...

A sum of $272.47 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure to continue land administration and management programmes, in order to promote sustainable development of the planned and unplanned natural environment. The sum has been assigned to different sub-components, including: Acquisition of Land; National Estate Management; Repairs and Improvements; Jamaica Land Titling Project; and the Land...

A total of $103.6 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure for land use planning and development. Under the planning and policy development aspect of the programme, $64.9 million will go towards covering operating expenses of the unit, which will focus on preparing development plans for St. Catherine and St. James; and conducting workshops in St....

Natural resources protection and conservation activities in the Office of the Prime Minister, is to benefit from $13.32 million, which has been allocated in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. The allocation has been divided among: coastal zone management; pollution control and waste management; parks and protected areas species habitat monitoring; public education and communication; and watershed...

The Ebony Park Production Crop project in Toll Gate Clarendon has sold over $3.8 million worth of various produce from six of its 35 farmers during January and February. President of the Ebony Park Farmers Association, Fitz Shaw told JIS News that he was pleased with the speed with which the farming project has recovered from the devastation caused by...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications, Laurence Broderick has said that efficiency in the use of energy will boost the economy, as less will be spent on oil. Addressing an energy conservation seminar, hosted by HMS Trading Partners at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on Wednesday (March 26), he noted that savings from energy...

Ministry of Education Region Four Director, Devon Ruddock has expressed the view that the employment, literacy and health care levels within a country are the determining factors towards how developed it is. He said it is his opinion that health care is the most critical of the three, as it is the nucleus for any development. Mr. Ruddock was addressing...

Some 2.6 billion people worldwide are to benefit from a Global Sanitation Fund established by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), based in Geneva, Switzerland. The beneficiaries represent 40 per cent of the world's population who do not have access to basic sanitation. The aim of the fund is to support national efforts to help large numbers of...

President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant has said that if the local agricultural sector is enabled to realize its full potential IT will directly contribute to the livelihood of all farmers, and will also greatly assist in the enhancement of the lives of the general Jamaican population. Giving the main address at the official launch of...

An allocation of $682.8 million has been set aside in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, for the Citizens Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) in the Ministry of National Security. The Programme, which commenced in September 2001, is aimed at preventing and reducing violence; strengthening the crime management capabilities of the security forces, and improving...

The University of Technology (UTech) Enhancement project has been allotted $131.3 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure which is now before the House of Representatives, to fund its activities for the new fiscal year. The project which is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank and the Government of Jamaica, seeks to enhance the university's capacity to provide quality level...

Competition in the Jamaican economy will be enhanced with a provision of $700,000 to the Capacity Building in Competition Policy project for the 2008/09 fiscal year. This has been made available in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, which are now before the House of Representatives. The project intends to strengthen the capacity of the Jamaica Fair Trading Commission (JFTC) to...