The National Water Commission (NWC) is far advanced in its plans to increase the water production capacity for the Corporate Area, by establishing a 15-million gallon water treatment plant under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement in his 2019/20 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on March 19. He...

The Government has boosted allocations for activities in agriculture and to improve the provision of water to rural communities during 2019/20. This was disclosed by Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, as he opened the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 7). In the area of agriculture, Dr. Clarke said $1.1...

Approximately 120 farmers in the Yallahs and Hope River watershed areas of the Blue Mountains will be trained in land husbandry best practices in the upcoming fiscal year. A sum of $119 million has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure to carry out this and other tasks under the Integrated Management of the Yallahs/Hope River Watershed Area...

The Rural Water Supply Limited will be undertaking several projects in the new fiscal year under a $795.3-million infrastructure rehabilitation initiative. The funds, provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, will be used to upgrade water supplies in several parishes. Works include rehabilitation of catchment tanks in Trelawny, St. Ann and Manchester; as well...

The Government will commence the Montego Bay Waterfront Protection Project in the upcoming fiscal year with an allocation of $400 million. Details are given in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Activities under the project, which are expected to begin in April 2019, involve the rehabilitation of the Montego Bay Groynes. This is to reduce...

Public-private partnership will be on full display during the annual staging of ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’. The event, which is in its 17th year, is being hosted by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) in collaboration with several entities. These include the Culture, Health, Arts, Science and Education (CHASE) Fund; Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF); Digicel; Jamaica Properties/Pan Jamaican Investment Trust; Airports...

The Kingston Waterfront will come alive on New Year’s Eve with the 17th staging of the Urban Development Corporation’s ‘Fireworks on the Waterfront’, under the theme ‘Feel the Magic, Be the GLOW’. The event, which is the “the largest family-oriented event that takes place anywhere in Jamaica”, will once again branch out to include the northern half of the island....