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Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), addresses the opening of an Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Farm Primary and Junior High School in Green Pond, St. James on Wednesday (February 25). Listening (l-r) are: Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith; Chairman of the school board, Rev. Lorane Chisholm; and Winsome Leach-Thelwell, who chaired the function.

Govt. Will Deliver on Number Portability – Paulwell

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year. Number portability will allow cellular phone users...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), signs Exchange Notes for ¥100 million ($96 million) in grant aid from the Government of Japan, during a ceremony held at the Finance Ministry in Kingston on February 26. Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, his Excellency, Yasuo Takase, also signed.

Japan Provides $96 Million Grant for Disaster Recovery Equipment

Director of the Culture in Education Programme at the Ministry of Education, Amina Blackwood Meeks (second left), along with students of the Norman Manley High school, Kevannie Goldson (left), and Demilto Hall (third left), view a display mounted by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), during Jamaica Day 2015 celebrations at the Maxfield Avenue institution on February 27. Looking on is: Manager, Special Projects, JIS, Andrine Davidson.

Cultural Extravagance to Mark Jamaica Day

BoJ Governor, Brian Wynter, speaking at the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing at the institution’s offices in downtown Kingston on Thursday, February 26.

BOJ Forecasts Inflation at 5.5 to 7.5 Per Cent for 2015

Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies (2nd left), in discussion with Principal of the Clarendon based Vere Technical High Scool, Dr. Henrietta Stewart (left), at the launch of the Rural Safe School Bus Programme, held in May Pen, today (February 25). Others (from left are): Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, and Managing Director at the Transport Authority, Donald Foster.

School Bus Programme for Students in Clarendon

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016

Sum Allocated to Rehabilitate Deported Persons

A sum of $7 million has been allotted to the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Local Offenders and Deported Persons Programme in the Ministry of National Security. Objectives of the programme, which is being financed by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, are: to reduce the rate of reoffending amongst local offenders and deportees; to improve the rehabilitation and reintegration of...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Health & WellnessVision 2030

Health Systems to be Strengthened

The Government will be spending $10 million towards its strengthening of health systems in Jamaica project. The objective of the project is to enable the reform of the public health sector to improve effectiveness, efficiency and quality care in Jamaica. This is outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. For the 2015/16 fiscal year,...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Parliament

Craft Industry to be Improved

The Government has allocated $12.8 million in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure for the Craft Enhancement and Business Planning Training Project. The Estimates were tabled in the House of Representatives on February 19 by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips. The main objective of the project is to improve and strengthen the capacity and business acumen...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Health & WellnessParliament

Project to Combat Infectious Diseases Allocated $20 Million

The Government has allocated $20 million for institutional strengthening to combat infectious diseases. Details of the Institutional Strengthening to Improve National Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Project are outlined in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament. The objective of the project is to strengthen Jamaica’s response to the Chikungunya Virus (ChikV)...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Finance & Public Service

Construction of New Falmouth Tax Office Begins This Year

Construction of the new Falmouth tax collectorate office in Trelawny is scheduled to start this year, at a cost of $35 million. The sum, which is contained in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament, has been earmarked from a $100 million Government of Jamaica Consolidated Fund allocation. The project aims to better position Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) to...

11 years ago Budget 2015/2016Parliament

$15 Million Allocated to Improve Land and Water Management

The Government has allocated $15 million to protect the livelihoods and food security in vulnerable communities. This will be done by improving land and water management for the agricultural sector, strengthening coastal protection and building institutional and local capacity for climate change adaptation. Details are given in the Estimates of Expenditure for 2015/16, tabled in the House of Representatives on...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Colin Bullock (left), addressing journalists at Tuesday’s (February 24) media briefing at the Institute’s New Kingston head office. Listening keenly is PIOJ Deputy Director General, Economic Planning and Policy Logistics, Richard Lumsden.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

PIOJ Projects Growth for January to March Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is projecting that the economy will record growth ranging from 0.5 and 1.5 per cent for the January to March 2015 period, recovering from a 0.3 per cent fourth quarter contraction during the 2014 calendar year. Director General of the PIOJ, Colin Bullock, says the 2015 first quarter economic outlook is based on positive short-term...