The Government is to spend $1.3 billion this fiscal year to increase its fleet of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses. The money has been provided in the 2016/17 Estimates...

Public access to Jamaica’s cultural heritage will be improved by a $96 million upgrading project to develop advanced audiovisual technology and more frequent outreach activities. The money will be used...

Two training courses are to be implemented this fiscal year for Government and non-Government officers in European Union (EU) procedures. This is to be done under the Technical Cooperation Facility...

More marketing opportunities are expected to open up for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) involved in food processing this fiscal year, with a boost of $180 million. The money...

Public health officials are to receive further training this fiscal year in food safety and other related standards under the European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Capacity Building...

The Government is to design and implement a national transport repository with an allocation of $666 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure. This Trifold National Repository will comprise the...

A pilot project to reap a minimum of 300 hectares of sugar cane using green harvesting techniques is to be implemented by September 30, 2016. This activity is to be...

The Research and Development Plant Health laboratory at the Bodles Agricultural Research Station, in St. Catherine, is to be refurbished this fiscal year, with an allocation of $465.7 million. To be...

The country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are to benefit from grants and loans this fiscal year, which will help to enhance their productivity. A sum of $850 million has...

The Government has allocated $4.3 billion towards the improvement of the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) through the Social Protection Project II. The funds have been made...

A sum of $14.7 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, to enhance the institutional and regulatory framework for Jamaica’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT)/Business Process...