Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) indicate that the country is on track to returning to pre-COVID-19 levels of economic output by 2023. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that achieving the target will place Jamaica “far ahead of our peers in the Caribbean region”. “We are at 97 per cent...

Thirty-nine members of staff at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service have been recognised for the excellent customer service they provide at the Ministry. Some of the members are customer service certified, while others are due to be certified by November 2022. The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service is one of several Ministries which have successfully...

Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis (second right); Deputy Clerk, Houses of Parliament, Colleen Lowe (right); and Coordinator, Parliamentary Internship Programme, Dr. Donovan Johnson (left), share a photo opportunity with new parliamentary interns Anatassia Balfour (second left) and Aaron Hoilett during the induction ceremony at Gordon House, 81 Duke Street, downtown Kingston, on October 6.

Beginning this month, inmates of the South Camp Juvenile Remand and Correctional Centre will commence a course in coding and robotics. This will be facilitated by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), in collaboration with local education firm STEAMHouse Network. Deputy Commissioner, Rehabilitation and Probation Aftercare Services, DCS, Dr. Marc Thomas, made the disclosure at the handover ceremony for ICT...

Approximately 15,000 new housing solutions are programmed for construction, under the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Project in St. Catherine. Providing an update in the House of Representatives on October 5, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said three housing developers have already commenced construction of their respective housing scheme on the divested lands. “It is expected that between them...

The Government will be undertaking a major buildout of tax offices over the next several years, says Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. Citing that this will be “the largest that we have had in Jamaica’s history”, the Minister said the move supports the Government’s drive to improve the public’s interaction with Tax Administration...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), welcomes Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Jamaica, His Excellency Fermin Quiñones Sánchez, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s office in Kingston, on Wednesday (October 5).