The Ministry of Transport and Works has been allocated $900 million to fund the Emergency Assistance for Hurricane. As revealed in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure which is now before...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will, during the 2008/09 fiscal year, receive $1.17 billion to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable groups in the country. As outlined...

A sum of $3.09 million has been allocated in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure to the Natural Hazard Management in Urban Coastal Areas project, to strengthen disaster risk management in...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has been allocated $63 million in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the purchase of equipment and furniture. This...

Transport and Works Minister, Mike Henry, has called on the United Nations General Assembly to foster the establishment of a Global Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, to help keep down road...

The Ministry of Justice, in association with the Justice Training Institute, yesterday (March 31), launched the Commonwealth Project on Capacity Building in Combating Terrorism, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in...

A sum of $174 Million has been earmarked in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, to undertake the Modern Agricultural Technology and Capacity Building project...

The National Road Services Improvement programme has received $656.5 million for the 2008/09 financial year. According to the Estimates of Expenditure, which is now before the House of Representatives, the...

The need for Jamaicans to better understand and appreciate the challenges confronting disabled persons in the country, was the major focus of a public education seminar, sponsored by the Jamaica...

A sum of $27.3 million has been allocated to Poor Relief Services in the 2008/09 financial year, up from the $18.984 million it received in the 2007/08 budget, according to...

A budget of $179 million has been allocated to complete projects under the Rural Water Supply Project in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Implemented...