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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw opens the 2018/19 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 8. At left is State Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams

All IMF Targets Met – Shaw

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is reporting that the country has successfully passed the targets set under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement. “As at the end of December 2017, the Government of...

National Security Minister, Hon. Robert Montague (third left), breaks ground for the construction of a new police station in Port Maria, St. Mary, on March 7. Others (from left) are Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of St. Mary, Councillor Richard Creary; Acting Custos Rotulorum for St. Mary parish, Maxine Marsh; Customer Care Manager for the National Housing Trust (NHT); Donnetta Russell; and Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifford Blake.

New $60-Million Police Station for Port Maria

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second left), makes a point to Senior Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Sharon Coburn (right), at the International Women’s Day (IWD) Symposium held on Thursday, March 8 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston. Head of Delegation for the European Union (EU), Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska (left); and High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Laurie Peters, also joined in the discussion.

More Women Needed in Stem Fields – Grange

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), holds up a paper declaring NO NEW TAXES for the 2018/19 fiscal year, while Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and other Members of Parliament show their support. Minister Shaw was opening the 2018/19 Budget debate in the House of Representatives on March 8.

No New Taxes to Fund Budget

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Finance Minister Highlights Massive Sum for Education

8 years ago Foreign AffairsSenate

Senate Approves Bill to Protect True Origin of Products

The Senate on Friday (March 9) approved the Protection of Geographical Indications Bill, with three amendments. The Bill seeks to provide a stronger level of protection on geographical indications (GIs) of goods, thereby preventing a designation of a product as being made other than in the true place of origin. GIs are defined as indications that identify a good as...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw.

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Finance & Public Service

DBJ and EXIM Bank to Expand Financial Services to MSMES

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank) will be expanding the provision of new financial services to the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector. These services, which are not currently available to them from the commercial financial institutions, include assistance with single-digit interest rates, venture capital, factoring and leasing. “Assistance will...

Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right); and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), admire a portrait of late female political pioneer, Rose Agatha Leon, being shown to them by her daughter, Gloria Millwood. Occasion was the annual Rose Leon Memorial Lecture held recently at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Auditorium, St. Andrew.

8 years ago Culture

Minister Grange Hails Progress of Women, Notes that Work Remains

As Jamaica marks International Women’s Day today (March 8), Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, is hailing the strides made by the country’s women in politics and government, while acknowledging that more work needs to be done. She noted that Jamaica has achieved a remarkable level of female participation in the legislature and senior and...

- Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), engages in conversation with Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, at a reception at the Rose Hall Great House in Montego Bay on March 6.

8 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Ministry Commended for Hosting FAO Conference

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has been commended for hosting the 35th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). “Thank you for organising this conference in a short time,” Director-General of the FAO, José Graziano da Silva, said at a welcome reception staged by...

8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Finance & Public Service

15,106 New Taxpayers Registered from April to December 2017

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has announced that 15,106 new taxpayers were registered during the period April to December 2017, due to a compliance drive conducted by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ). Mr. Shaw said the Tax Reform Working Group, which began under his leadership, should be praised for this number of new registered taxpayers. The...

New Member of Parliament for North West St. Andrew, Dr. Nigel Clarke (left), takes the Oath of Office during the sitting of the House of Representatives on March 8. At right is Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Mrs. Heather Cooke.

8 years ago Parliament

Dr. Nigel Clarke Takes Oath as Member of Parliament

Newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North West St. Andrew, Dr Nigel Clarke, was sworn in today (March 8), during the sitting of the House of Representatives. After taking the Oath of Office, the MP was welcomed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, as well as other Members of Parliament on both sides of the House. Dr....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), converses with (from left): South East St. Andrew Member of Parliament, Julian Robinson; and Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Board, Sandra Watson-Garrick, during the final in a series of public consultations on the proposed Gated Communities and Town House Complexes legislation at St. Andrew High School in Kingston on March 6. The consultations were hosted by the Real Estate Board/Commission of Strata Corporations.

8 years ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Completion of Preparatory Work on Gated Communities Legislation Anticipated by 2019/20

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says he anticipates the completion of preparatory work on the proposed Gated Communities and Town House Complexes legislation, leading to its passage in Parliament by the 2019/20 fiscal year. He was speaking at the final in a series of stakeholder consultations at St. Andrew...