Two technical working groups are to be established to provide oversight of the transformation process for the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). The first group will review and provide recommendations regarding the technical design of PATH. The other will scrutinise and provide strategic guidance on the reassessment and general rules of the programme. There will also be...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will be introducing a programme that will facilitate partnerships with the private sector to provide sustainable support to the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., who made the disclosure, said the initiative forms part of the transformation and improvement of PATH. “We are going to...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has committed to further strengthening the relationship between Jamaica and The Bahamas. Speaking in an interview with JIS News on Tuesday (March 12), following a courtesy call by the Bahamian Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Leon Lundy, at his offices in Kingston, Minister McKenzie...

The Government is implementing measures to facilitate increased investments in Jamaica’s renewable energy sector. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the Income Tax Act will be amended to exclude Independent Power Providers (IPPs) producing energy from renewable sources from the definition of “regulated company” for the purpose of section 30 of the Act. “These...

No new taxes will be introduced to finance the Government’s $1.3-trillion Budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, who opened the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 12), said it is the seventh consecutive year in which the Government has introduced no new taxes....

Registration is now open for the third staging of the Public Sector Debate Competition. The event, scheduled to take place between May and July 2024, will engage teams comprising government employees in parliamentary-style debating on matters relating to public-sector transformation and current affairs. Interested ministries, departments and agencies are invited to complete the registration form via the Transformation Implementation Unit...

The Jamaica Data Exchange Platform is in the final stages of development, says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon. “As banks try to put more products online – account opening and other products that you deliver online – it’s going to be...