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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...

The 2007/08 fiscal year saw the Public Sector Modernization Division (PSMD) in the Office of the Cabinet undertaking significant work to strengthen and reform the institutional framework of several Government ministries and agencies. The activities formed part of the continuation of work carried out between 1996 and 2003 under the World Bank-funded Public Sector Modernization Programme (PSMP), which saw performance-based...

The Plant Breeding and Diagnostics Technologies project will benefit from $10.3 million in the upcoming fiscal year. This was revealed in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure currently before the House of Representatives. The project intends to use radiation to induce mutation to develop plants with desirable characteristics such as resistance to diseases, and improved yields, among other things. Two main...

The Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, with responsibility for Women's and Gender Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Olivia Grange wishes to announce the establishment of the Corporate Offices of the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), at 64 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5. In addition to the Corporate Offices, the location also houses the Culture Division of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Jamaica can no longer afford to deny itself of the reservoir of knowledge and tremendous experience that exist in professionals such as teachers, in order to stick to the time honoured practice of retiring people simply because they have reached the age of 60. Mr. Golding noted that Jamaica has an aging population with people...

The Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, with responsibility for Women's and Gender Affairs and Community Development, Hon. Olivia Grange wishes to announce the establishment of the Corporate Offices of the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS), at 64 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5. In addition to the Corporate Offices, the location also houses the Culture Division of...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Jamaica can no longer afford to deny itself of the reservoir of knowledge and tremendous experience that exist in professionals such as teachers, in order to stick to the time honoured practice of retiring people simply because they have reached the age of 60. Mr. Golding noted that Jamaica has an aging population with people...

According to the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, $24.4 million will be spent on the Expanding Education Horizons (EEH) Project. The project, which is funded by the Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), seeks to improve literacy and numeracy in targeted schools; enhance the quality of interventions for out of school...

A sum of $118.6 million has been made available in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Social Protection Project. The project, which lasts until March 2013, aims to ensure greater social protection of the poor, vulnerable, and persons at risk, by strengthening the long-term impact of social assistance to poor families; and establishing...

The Government will be spending $9.29 million on the Absenteeism in Jamaica's Primary School Project for the 2008/09 financial year. Details of the project are given in the Estimates of Expenditure for the 2008/09 financial year, which is now before the House of Representatives. Funded by the Government and the Inter-American Development Bank, the project aims to raise attendance level...