JDF Gets $1.3 Billion to Improve Operations
By: , February 24, 2015The Key Point:
The Facts
- The money has been set aside in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives.
- It will be shared among the Military Services, Air Wing, Coast Guard and Engineering Services.
The Full Story
More than $1.3 billion will be spent in the new fiscal year to improve and upgrade the operations of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF).
The money has been set aside in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives.
It will be shared among the Military Services, Air Wing, Coast Guard and Engineering Services.
Of the figure, the $872.4 million allocated to Military Services will be used to purchase vehicles and improve the mobility of the JDF; and the $139 million budgeted to the Air Wing will go towards the purchase and overhaul of aircrafts.
The $75 million allocated to the Engineering Services is to facilitate the commencement of construction of a Jetty at the HMJS Cagway, in Port Royal.
The remaining $308 million will be used for construction and improvement works.