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Government to spend 248 million on irrigation system; Talks begin for additional shelters for abused women and Justice Ministry to use mediation to ease court backlog.

New Drop-in centre opens in Hanover; NIA and government partner to strengthen Justice sector and 28 million dollars allocated to help the homeless.

A sum of 638 million dollars has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure for the HIV Prevalence in Most-at-Risk Population Reduced Project. The funds are to be used for HIV testing, counseling and preventative interventions as well as the enrolment of 2,500 persons for antiretroviral therapy.

The Government has announced plans to amend several climate and environment-related legislation in the upcoming fiscal year as it seeks to strengthen regulations governing the management and use of Jamaica’s biological and natural resources.

In 2018, the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) announced plans to expand its fire prevention campaign, specifically to focus more on protecting children.

With Jamaica’s debt on the decline, more money is likely to become available for development. The International Monetary fund’s resident Representative to Jamaica agrees, pointing to public sector transformation as another area for growth. 

On this edition of CSJP in 5, at-risk youth in Western Jamaica benefit from a sports competition and a life skills workshop.

Service excellence policy to be submitted to Cabinet soon; Local Government Ministry to procure 100 new garbage trucks and; 27 public sector workers trained under transformation upskilling programme.

Businesses still giving out scandal bags after February 28 could be fined up to 2 million dollars