SECTORAL
DEBATE |
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Opening
Sectoral Debate Presentation by the Minister of Development, The Hon.
Paul Robertson |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Commerce, Science & Technology,
The Hon. Phillip Paulwell |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Agriculture, The Hon. Roger
Clarke |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of National Security, The Hon.
Peter Phillips |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign
Trade, The Hon. K. D. Knight |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Education, Youth and Culture,
The Hon. Maxine Henry-Wilson |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Health, The Hon. John Junor |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Transport & Works, The
Hon. Robert Pickersgill |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Water & Housing, The Hon.
Donald Buchanan |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Land & Environment, The
Hon. Dean Peart |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Local Government, Community
Development and Sport, The Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of Labour and Social Security,
The Hon. Horace Dalley |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport
& Works, Hon. Fenton Ferguson |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Water
& Housing, Hon. Harry Douglas |
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Sectoral
Debate Presentation by the Minister of State in the Ministry of National
Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier |
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Throne
Speech |
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Estimates
of Expenditure |
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Opening
Budget Debate |
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Leader
of the Opposition's Budget Presentation |
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Prime
Minister's Budget Presentation |
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Closing
Budget Debate |
NEWS
ITEMS |
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National
Sustainable Planning Framework to be Developed |
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Government
Agencies get Digital Maps |
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US Given Approval
to Construct Embassy in Liguanea |
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Explore Other
Uses of The Railway – Mike Henry |
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New Land Titles
to be Processed in 30 Days |
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MP wants Incentive Schemes
to Promote Healthy Family Lifestyles |
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Local Govt. Reform
Reaping Success - Simpson Miller |
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| KINGSTON,
June 24 (JIS): |
Working towards the establishment of a national
data infrastructure, the Ministry of Land and Environment, through
the National Land Agency (NLA), has developed large-scale digital
maps valued at $60 million for more than 20 government entities.
Government entities that received these maps run the gamut from the
Jamaica Defence Force and the Forestry Department, to the Water Resources
Authority and the National Works Agency.
The development of the digital maps comes under the umbrella of the
Ministry’s national spatial data management project.
According to Minister of Land and Environment, Dean Peart, the newly
introduced digital mapping capabilities mark the first time that a
“comprehensive islandwide, large scale mapping exercise was
undertaken using 100 per cent local financing, through a joined-up
government approach.”
Minister Peart was speaking at a post-sectoral presentation press
conference on Wednesday (June 23) at his offices on Half Way Tree
Road in Kingston.
He told journalists that the provision of digital mapping to the various
government entities had been advantageous, as it had allowed them
to change and improve their operations.
“For example,” he said, “the National Water Commission
uses them to guide development and management of their assets such
as pipes, pumps and wells and the National Works Agency uses the maps
for road development and construction.”
Besides the government entities that have received digital maps, the
Minister informed JIS News that a number of non-government organizations
had also employed the use of the maps for their purposes as well.
They include Cable and Wireless, Jamaica Aluminum Company (JAMALCO),
Jamaica Bauxite Institute and the Jamaica Public Service. |
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