The General Consumption Tax (GCT) on all raw foodstuff, imported or domestic, will be removed. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure while opening the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 12). The measure, which will take effect in the first quarter of the new financial year, is...

Thousands of contract workers in the public sector have been made permanent employees, addressing the long-standing abuse of fixed-term contracts in Government. The disclosure was made by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, while opening the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 12). He shared that 8,000 contract workers...

The Government has allocated $2.6 billion for the procurement of 100 additional buses prior to the commencement of the 2024/25 academic year, which are expected to improve the experience of the commuting public. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provided the details as he opened the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, delivers remarks at the ceremony for the swearing in of Councillors of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) held on March 12 at the Corporation on Church Street in downtown Kingston.

Mayor of Portmore, His Worship Leon Thomas (third right, front row), is surrounded by newly installed Councillors of the Portmore Municipal Corporation during the swearing-in ceremony at Lot 1 Cookson Pen, Braeton Parkway, Greater Portmore, on March 12.

Effective April 1, applicants to the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) will not require guarantors to access tertiary financing. The disclosure was made by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, while opening the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday (March 12). Dr. Clarke noted that the requirement of a guarantor for...

A total of $4.3 billion has been allocated for repairs to and the maintenance of roads, including patching, and bushing of verges. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure as he opened the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 12). “This is not the ‘Shared Prosperity through...