Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the National Security Ministry’s 2019/20 budgetary allocation of $20.2 billion reflects the priority being placed by the Government on improving public safety. The provision, which is 28 per cent of the Central Government’s $72.1 billion programmed capital expenditure, is the largest Ministerial provision earmarked for the new fiscal year....

Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the Government’s 2019/20 programmed expenditure of $835.9 billion represents an inclusive Budget, geared towards improving the quality of life for all Jamaicans. Details of the expenditure were outlined during the Minister presentation to open the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 7). “This Budget...

Organisers of the annual National Safe Schools Peace Day Concert have recognised the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III for supporting the initiative over the past six years. Representatives of CSJP were presented with an award by the concert’s planning committee during the event’s staging at Nelson Mandela Park in Half Way Tree, St. Andrew, on March 6. Speaking...

Two additional shelters for abused women are to be established during the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, told JIS News that approximately $86 million has been allocated in the Budget to purchase property to house the facilities. They will bring to three, the number of national women’s shelters across the island, with...

The Government is to forgo $14.032 billion in taxes as part of measures to stimulate greater business and economic activity and boost growth. This is contained in the Revenue Measures for the 2019/20 fiscal year announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, as he opened the 2019/20 budget debate in the House of...

The principal revenue collection agencies, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), will be implementing strategies aimed at improving efficiencies during the new financial year. This is according to the Government’s 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. According to the...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he will be reviewing the Praedial Larceny Prevention Unit (PLPU), to make it more effective in reducing farm thefts. Speaking to agricultural stakeholders at the 64th Hague Agricultural Show in Trelawny, on March 6, Mr. Shaw that if the PLPU needs beefing up, and if it needs more resources,...