The Government has allocated $385 million towards the Production Incentives Project to mitigate the effects of drought conditions impacting farmers. Details are outlined in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now...

Just over $32 billion has been set aside in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Government’s repayment of loans to several bilateral and...

The Port Authority of Jamaica will be allocated a loan of $1.5 billion for industrial development and export promotion support. The sum will be used to facilitate Business Process Outsourcing...

An additional $21.67 million has been allocated to continue implementation of the public-sector-transformation programme in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service this year. This sum is provided for...

A sum of $5 million has been allocated by the Government to provide assistance to the Water Resources Authority to update the country’s Water Resources Development Master Plan (WRDMP). Funding...

The Government has budgeted $211 million to continue work to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of key social protection programmes in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The allocation,...

The Government has allocated $30 million to the Portmore Hagen Climate Change Park project. This is contained in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The...

Work will continue in the new fiscal year on the upgrading of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) through a $16 million allocation in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure now before...

The Government is strengthening its capacity to manage chemicals and hazardous wastes in an environmentally-sound manner. A sum of $3.2 million has been allocated for the undertaking in the 2017/2018...

Over $48.4 million has been allocated to the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. This is outlined in the 2017/18 Estimates of...

A project, which aims to protect and promote human capital development of beneficiaries under the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), has received $1. 5 billion in the...