The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will host the second staging of their ‘At Your Service’ Expo, on October 9. Following the successful showing last year, the Ministry is promising that this year will be even better. Acting Director of the Corporate Communications and Public Relations Branch at the Ministry, Shakiel Rochester Shorter, told JIS News that the...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is undertaking a week of activities from October 6 to 11 to mark Service Excellence Month. Under the theme ‘Elevating Service: Above and Beyond’, the week-long observance will focus on activities to enhance awareness about the importance of quality service delivery. This is in keeping with measures to foster a culture of...

Approximately 580,000 Jamaican taxpayers will benefit from the Reverse Income Tax Credit initiative, which was officially launched on Wednesday (October 2) by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MOFPS) in collaboration with Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ). First announced by portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, during his opening Budget presentation on March 12, the Reverse Income Tax...

A financial management tool, aimed at improving record-keeping and analysis of school-level income and expenditure, is being piloted in some St. Catherine schools. Being funded through a US$200,000 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) grant, the tool will ensure more effective management of school resources. “I’m happy to report that there is good acceptance of it,” said Minister of Education and Youth,...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Zavia Mayne, is committing to undertaking work to strengthen the public-sector collective bargaining process. He gave this undertaking while speaking on Tuesday (September 24) during the opening of a seminar for industrial relations practitioners at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston. Mr. Mayne emphasised the importance of...

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) is poised to implement a new gaming management information system to elevate the level of services provided to its customers. With this new system, persons will be able to access the Commission’s services remotely. Director of Licensing and Registration at the BGLC, Vivian Nunes, says the platform will be initiated by the end...

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Chairman, Keith Duncan, says it is expected that the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) will continue to ease monetary policy and further reduce interest rates. For the first time since October 2022, the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cautiously ease its monetary policy stance, resulting in the Bank’s indicative policy interest rate being reduced...

The Government’s revenues for April to July 2024 outperformed the budget by 4.5 per cent. Addressing Friday’s (September 13) Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Quarterly Press Briefing, Chairman Keith Duncan, said total revenues and grants of $301.9 billion exceeded budget projections by $12.9 billion. Some $270.8 billion accounted for tax revenue and $27.5 billion from non-tax revenue. “Tax revenues surpassed...

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) is ramping up its public education efforts to ensure that all gaming machine operators are fully aware of its licensing requirements. Director of Licensing and Registration, Vivian Nunes, said the enhanced sensitisation is imperative to boost compliance within the gaming industry. “Gaming machines are required to be licensed, so too the premises on...