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A section of the newly rehabilitated Whithorn to Darliston roadway in Westmoreland.

Work Completed on Whithorn to Darliston Road

The National Works Agency (NWA) has completed the rehabilitation of the Whithorn to Darliston roadway in Westmoreland. Community Relations Officer at the NWA Western Office, Janel Ricketts, told JIS News that the $294-million project involved reshaping and asphalting the 12...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaks during the opening of the 2024/2025 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, March 12.

Jamaica on Track for 30-Year Low Debt-to-GDP Ratio

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Hon. Nigel Clarke opening the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12.

TAJ Investing $11 Billion in Creating Modern Tax Offices

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaks at the Ministry’s townhall series, ‘On a PATH to Transformation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’, on March 13, at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church Hall in May Pen, Clarendon, and online.

Technical Working Groups to Provide Oversight of Transformation of PATH

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the Ministry’s townhall series, ‘On a PATH to Transformation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’, on March 13, at the Saint Gabriel’s Anglican Church Hall, in May Pen, Clarendon and online.

Ministry to Partner with Private Sector to Strengthen PATH

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), presents Bahamian Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Leon Lundy, with a locally made art piece, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston on Tuesday, March 12.

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Minister Mckenzie Commits to Strengthening Ties with The Bahamas

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...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opened the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 12.

2 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliament

Gov’t Promoting Growth in Renewable Energy Sector

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...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the 2024/25 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12.

2 years ago Budget 2024/2025Finance & Public Service

Seventh Consecutive Year of No New Taxes

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....

Members of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service debate team with the Champion Trophy, after winning the second staging of the Public Sector Debate Competition in 2023. Sharing the moment with them is Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters (right).

2 years ago Finance & Public ServiceIndustry

Registration Now Open for 2024 Public Sector Debate Competition

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...

Minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon.

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Jamaica Data Exchange Platform in Final Stages of Development

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...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing Wednesday’s (March 13) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

2 years ago Foreign AffairsNational Security and PeaceYouth

Gov’t Working Out Arrangements to Legally Receive Just under 50 Displaced Haitian Orphans

The Government is working out arrangements that will enable Jamaica to legally receive just under 50 orphans from Haiti for care by local charity organisation Mustard Seed Communities, in light of ongoing unrest in the neighbouring country. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provided an update on the matter during Wednesday’s (March 13)...

2 years ago Budget 2024/2025CommerceFinance & Public ServiceIndustryInvestmentParliament

Junior Exchange Voting Share Capital Threshold Moves to $750 Million

The Income Tax Act will be amended to increase the maximum participating voting share capital of companies listed on the Junior Stock Exchange from $500 million to $750 million. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the measures are in an effort to further facilitate growth of the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME)...