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KINGSTON — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon. Audley Shaw, has assured Jamaicans of Government's efforts to address issues raised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about achieving medium term targets. In a national broadcast Sunday August 7, Mr. Shaw said that that the Government is using its best efforts to lock in the positive gains of...

KINGSTON — The National Stadium was transformed into a sea of black, gold and green on Saturday August 6, as thousands of proud Jamaicans, clad in the national colours, gathered to celebrate the country's 49th anniversary of independence in the usual grand style. The audience exuberantly waved Jamaican flags, blew horns, rocked and swayed in response to the mix of...

JAMAICA’S ECONOMIC PROGRAMME – CURRENT ISSUES Address to the Nation Hon. Minister of Finance   Good evening. There have been conflicting reports about the status of Jamaica’s Standby Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Jamaica’s Medium-Term Economic Programme. The IMF Agreement is the centerpiece around which the Medium Term Programme is built, and is a pre-condition for other...

KINGSTON — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that despite the challenges in accommodating increased salaries for public sector workers, ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will ensure that the agreement is honoured without increasing taxation. "We made a decision that we would pay public sector workers the arrears that we owe them,...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, says the more than $8 billion (US$100 million) investment by shipping company, CMA CGM towards upgrading a section of the Port of Kingston "is perhaps the most significant development" that has taken place in the country. The Minister was speaking with JIS News following the signing of a Memorandum of...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be extending its services on Independence Day, Saturday August 6 to facilitate persons getting home after the Grand Gala at the National Stadium in Kingston. The extension of the service will see buses running past their regular hours on select routes. These include, those running between the National Stadium and the...

My fellow Jamaicans: I extend warm greetings to you as our nation celebrates forty-nine years of Independence.  It is without question that August 6, 1962 represented a watershed moment in our history.  That historic date was the sum total of the contribution of our forebears to nation-building occasioned by their passionate belief that Jamaicans deserved the freedom to determine their...

My fellow Jamaicans, at home and in the Diaspora, today marks the 49th Anniversary of our Nation’s Independence.  For us, this is a significant milestone for many reasons.  Since our Independence, we have had the privilege, the honour and the responsibility of charting our own path to development in this dynamic global community. Some of us will remember the pride...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Education has partnered with Research In Motion (RIM), the technology company behind the Blackberry product line, to provide some 20,000 teachers throughout the island's school system with Blackberry Smartphones. The initiative is aimed at improving communication and increasing technology awareness and availability among educators. The Canadian High Commission is providing support in the undertaking, which...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists to exercise extreme caution in using several signalized intersections in St. Andrew and St. James, which are now experiencing technical difficulties. Heavy rains and lightening yesterday   has affected five intersections in St. Andrew. Traffic systems at the Molynes Road/Woodglen Avenune, Hagley Park Road/Maxfield Avenue, Constant Spring Road/Shortwood Road and the Hope Road/Old...

WASHINGTON — Their Excellencies Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, and Lady Allen, will head a list of dignitaries joining Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica in Washington, D.C. to mark the nation’s 49th year of Independence, at the annual Service of Thanksgiving on Sunday, August 7. The service will be held at the Dumbarton Chapel, Howard University’s School of...

KINGSTON — Chairman of the FINSAC Commission of Enquiry, Worrick Bogle, says former head of Century National Bank (CNB), Don Crawford, will not be recalled to give evidence at the enquiry. Mr. Bogle told the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) following Thursday's August 4 sitting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, that the Commissioners would not recall Mr. Crawford, after...