For the 2014/15 fiscal year, the Government will be seeking to strengthen the enabling environment for private sector competitiveness, to help Jamaica unleash productivity and growth. This will be done...

A total of $110 million has been allocated in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure for the European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Capacity Building Project. The project aims...

The Ministry of Finance and Planning will continue implementation of the Caribbean Criminal Asset Recovery Programme (CCARP) this year with a $51.9 million allocation. This is included in the 2014/15...

Some $28 million has been earmarked in the country’s 2014/15 budget to fund activities aimed at improving the levels of innovation in the Caribbean, by building and strengthening capacities in...

The Government has allocated $3.1 million in the 2014/2015 Estimates of Expenditure for the Wind Powered Irrigation Feasibility Assessment Project. The Estimates of Expenditure are to be considered by the...

Some $7.4 million has been allotted in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure for the establishment of a Latin America Energy Organization (OLADE) Caribbean Sub-regional office in Jamaica. The project aims...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) crime fighting capabilities are being strengthened this financial year, with the purchase of four mobile forensic laboratories. An allocation of $60 million has been made...

The investigative capacity of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to be strengthened with the $167.2 million expansion of its Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). Details of the...