The Government has given an undertaking to make the second of three one-off payment of $25,000 per annum to public sector workers, in August this year. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said the total payment, which forms part of an agreement reached between the Government and trade unions representing public sector workers, will amount to $2.8 billion....

The Rural Electrification Programme (REP) has largely completed its mandate by bringing Jamaica’s electrification rate in rural communities to 97 per cent. Making her contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representative on April 29, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said the programme will now move into a new phase, which will see the...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says Entrepreneurship Jamaica, a business competition launched by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to encourage innovative ideas at the community level, has been successful. During her 2013/2014 Budget presentation last year, the Prime Minister announced the initiative, which provided residents in NHT-built schemes with mentorship to convert ideas into business ventures, that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says her administration remains committed to protecting Jamaicans, particularly the most vulnerable, from the effects of the current economic adjustment measures, as it implements the country’s macro-economic transformation programme. This commitment, she indicates, is evidenced by the administration’s earmarked expenditure of $5.5 billion to safeguard the welfare of the society’s most vulnerable,...

Flood prone communities across the island are now better equipped to deal with the hazard as a result of the Government spending over $4 billion on mitigation measures. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, who made the announcement during her 2014/2015 Budget Debate presentation in the House, on Tuesday, April 29, noted that the money was spent over...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller says the government will continue its efforts to attract both foreign and local investment, to create jobs and to grow the economy. Mrs. Simpson Miller was making her presentation in the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, April 29. She informed that Noranda Bauxite is investing US$18 million...

Twelve thousand persons are expected to be employed in the new phase of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), this year. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, during her contribution to the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, April 29. The programme was launched by Mrs. Simpson Miller on March...