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The Allman Town Primary School in Kingston, benefitted from some much needed renovation works yesterday (May 23), as part of Labour Day activities. The project was undertaken by Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Limited and included painting of all exterior areas of the school building; refurbishing of bathrooms; rewiring of some classrooms; installation of safety signs and rails along stairwells; and...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising communities and civic groups making plans to paint pedestrian crossings and other road safety markings on Labour Day that they must obtain authorisation from the agency before undertaking any such project. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News that the agency has to approve the site...

A sum of $798.7 million has been allocated to carry out infrastructural works to several office buildings of agencies of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. The money has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Of the sum, $478 million has been allotted to commence and complete construction of the build-out...

The Palisadoes Shoreline and Road Project is slated to be completed in December. The Government has allocated $8 million for the final stage of works. The funds are contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure now before the House of Representatives. Initiated in July 2010, the Palisadoes project aims is to address the flooding of the road corridor, while also...

The Rural Road Rehabilitation Project II has been allocated $830 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. The project, which got underway in 2008, seeks to rehabilitate approximately 47 kilometres of roads in the parishes of Trelawny, Clarendon, and Manchester in order to facilitate socio-economic development and integration of the three parishes. The roads include the 16-kilometre stretch from Stettin...

The Research and Development Plant Health laboratory at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station, in St. Catherine, is to be refurbished this fiscal year, with an allocation of $465.7 million. To be disbursed under the Agricultural Competitiveness Programme, the money, which is  contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, will also be used to refurbish quarantine facilities at two Veterinary Services Division...

A Road Rehabilitation Project has received $101.97 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, through the Kuwaiti Fund for Development. As outlined, the project seeks to contribute to the economic development of Jamaica by improving approximately 57 kilometres of road network to support agricultural, industrial and tourism activities in the parish of St. Mary, St. Ann and Westmoreland. The following...

The Government has allocated $6.97 billion in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure towards the funding of the Major Infrastructure Development Programme (MIDP). The programme seeks to continue the improvement of the island’s road network in order to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Jamaica, and to stimulate economic development. For the current fiscal year, the project seeks...

The Government has allocated $200 million to the Basic Needs Trust Fund project, to reduce vulnerability through enhanced access to basic and social infrastructure. This is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project will see to the expansion and rehabilitation of the Port Antonio Primary School, the Black River Primary School and...

The Government has allotted $202.5 million to a School Sanitation project, being implemented through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). This allocation is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project has as its objective the replacement of pit latrines with flush toilets, in order to reduce the contamination of underground water and...

A total of $459.8 million is to be spent this financial year on a project to expand and rehabilitate eight schools, and to complete rehabilitation of three roads and two water supply systems. Titled the Basic Needs Trust Fund (Seven), the project is contained in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which began...

Several new housing projects are to begin across the island this fiscal year, as the Administration moves to provide affordable solutions for citizens. Among them will be the construction of 200 studio housing units, priced at $4 million to $5 million at Shooter’s Hill in Portmore, St. Catherine. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen,...