Practising electricians applying to sit the Board of Examiners (BoE) licensing test must do so by July 1. The examination will take place on July 13 at venues in St. Andrew, St. James, and Manchester. Applicants are required to complete and submit forms to the BoE, 113 Washington Boulevard, St. Andrew, along with a $500 fee. Forms are available at...

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...