The Government has allocated $15 million to protect the livelihoods and food security in vulnerable communities. This will be done by improving land and water management for the agricultural sector,...

The Government has allocated $20 million to continue the construction of three diagnostic and care centres to cater to students with special education needs in rural Jamaica. Details of the...

A sum of $25 million is earmarked for the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) to continue work, this year, on the country’s National Policy and Plan of Action on International...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has received $18 million to continue the implementation of the project to enhance the resilience of the agricultural sector and coastal areas. Details are...

Young persons who are skilled in animation are to be provided with more opportunities as the Government has allocated $70 million in the 2015/2016 Budget for the Youth Employment in...

Government will spend $625 million this financial year, for the continuation of the Education System Transformation Programme (ESTP). Details of this allocation are outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure,...

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...

Several social and human development activities are to be completed this year under the Basic Needs Trust Fund project (BNTF7), for which $305 million has been allotted in the 2015/16...

A sum of $464 million has been allotted for this year’s continuation of projects under the Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) III. Details of the project are outlined in the 2015/16...

The Government has allocated $195.4 million to continue work to construct new offices spaces downtown Kingston, to house the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. The new facility will...

Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Everton McFarlane, says the 2015/16 budget is a growth supporting budget. Speaking on the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Issues and Answers...