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Jamaica has so far passed all five IMF tests under the four-year Extended Fund Facility with the multilateral agency as part of the government’s Economic Reform Programme.

The Government continues to pursue a credible and growth oriented economic reform programme, geared towards improving the country’s economy over the medium to long term future. So far the process has been yielding numerous benefits. We recap some of these on today’s programme

A Sub – Committee has been established to develop a strategic response to the issue of treatment of persons in lock-ups and correctional facilities. This is one of the most recent initiatives to reform and modernize the law enforcement and justice systems.

, the Government has been working to construct and expand school facilities across the country. These projects have been facilitated primarily through public private partnerships as well as the efforts of the National Educational Trust.We examine a few of these projects on today’s programme.

Protection of the most vulnerable - the poor, children, senior citizens remains a priority of the government. We’ll highlight an aspect of the government’s Social Safety net – the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education PATH.

The government has been implementing several initiatives while reviewing legislation to ensure Jamaicans are able to live, work and raise their families in a clean and safe environment.  

In the past year alone, 40 pieces of Legislation were passed in Parliament-the legislative branch of the Jamaican Government.

This ‘working together to achieve great things’ that National Security Minister, Peter Bunting had in mind when the “Unite for Change” public awareness campaign was conceptualized and implemented.

The rules are contained in the Public Bodies Management and Accountability (Amendment) Act, 2014 and the Financial Administration and Audit (Amendment) Act and came into effect March 31.

The Ministry of Education continues to place strong emphasis on developing the early childhood and primary sectors, pledging in the 2014/2015 Estimates of expenditure to invest 231.5 million dollars to expand classroom blocks in four primary and one all-age school this fiscal year.

The local governance and the thrust to give citizens a greater opportunity to participate in the development of their communities.

The environment has become polluted from industrial factories, improper disposal of other waste and the cutting down of trees. This has resulted in what is known as climate change. Climate change refers specifically to changes to the weather caused by human activity,