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Acting Director for the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Research, Print and Production Division, Celia Lindsay (right), accepting her Civil Servant of the Year 2019/19 award from Chief Executive Officer for First Heritage Co-Operative Credit Union Limited, Roxann Linton, during the presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday (November 15).
Acting Director for the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Research, Print and Production Division, Celia Lindsay (right), accepting her Civil Servant of the Year 2019/19 award from Chief Executive Officer for First Heritage Co-Operative Credit Union Limited, Roxann Linton, during the presentation ceremony at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Friday (November 15).

Top Civil Servants for 2019/20 Awarded

Acting Director for the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Research, Print and Production Division, Celia Lindsay, is one three persons selected as 2019/20 Civil Servant of the Year. She copped the award after topping the field of entrants in the category...
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), speaking during the launch of Civil Service Week 2019 at the Ministry’s office in Kingston on Wednesday (November 13). Listening (from left) are Civil Service Week (CSW) Steering Committee Chair, Lorna Phillips; Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) President, O’Neil Grant (partly hidden); and Chief Executive Officer of CSW sponsor, First Heritage Cooperative Credit Union, Roxann Linton.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), speaking during the launch of Civil Service Week 2019 at the Ministry’s office in Kingston on Wednesday (November 13). Listening (from left) are Civil Service Week (CSW) Steering Committee Chair, Lorna Phillips; Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) President, O’Neil Grant (partly hidden); and Chief Executive Officer of CSW sponsor, First Heritage Cooperative Credit Union, Roxann Linton.

Finance Minister Lauds Civil Servants
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, along with former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan (left); and current IMF Resident Representative, Karim Youssef, during a recent media round-table forum at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, along with former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan (left); and current IMF Resident Representative, Karim Youssef, during a recent media round-table forum at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston.

IMF Commits Continued Support For Economic Reform Programme
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, peruse a document, during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston earlier this year.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief for Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, peruse a document, during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston earlier this year.

IMF Credits ERP’s Success To Strong Stakeholder Ownership
Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Ambassador Douglas Saunders (right), greets member of the Registrar General’s Department’s Audit Committee, Derron Dixon, during the 14th annual Government of Jamaica Audit Committees’ Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (November 7). The event was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Cabinet Office under the theme: ‘Fit for Purpose: Audit Committees Improving Accountability and Promoting Governance’.
Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Ambassador Douglas Saunders (right), greets member of the Registrar General’s Department’s Audit Committee, Derron Dixon, during the 14th annual Government of Jamaica Audit Committees’ Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (November 7). The event was jointly hosted by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and Cabinet Office under the theme: ‘Fit for Purpose: Audit Committees Improving Accountability and Promoting Governance’.

Cabinet Secretary Underscores Role of Government Audit Committees

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BOJ Releases Another US$20 Million

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) on Thursday (November 14) released an additional US$20 million for sale to authorised dealers and large cambios via the BOJ’s Foreign Exchange Intervention and Trading Tool (B-FXITT). The provision represented the third consecutive day that the central bank was intervening in the foreign exchange market. It followed cumulative provisions of US$70 million on Tuesday (November...
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Central Bank Pumps Additional US$30 Million In FX Market Wednesday

The Central Bank, on Wednesday (November 13), intervened in the foreign exchange market for the second consecutive day, by offering an additional US$30 million for sale to authorised dealers and large cambios. The offer, which was provided through the Bank of Jamaica Foreign Exchange Intervention and Trading Tool (B-FXITT), follows Tuesday’s (November 12) intervention of US$40 million. That provision, which...
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Central Bank Expects Normalcy To Return To FX Market

The Central Bank is expecting normalcy to return to the foreign exchange market consequent on the sale of US$40 million to authorised dealers and cambios, via the Bank of Jamaica FX Intervention Trading Tool (B-FXITT) on Tuesday (November 12), to augment supply. This comes against the background of recent fluctuations in the value of the Jamaica dollar against the US...
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IMF Lauds Government’s Commitment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the Government’s commitment to sustain fiscal and monetary policy discipline, after Jamaica’s 36-month US$1.65-million precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) concludes on November 10. Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang, says this is evident in the Administration’s decision to maintain the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), to continue monitoring macroeconomic targets and reform commitments. In a...
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Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) President, Diane Edwards (centre), converses with participants at the recent launch of Jamaica’s Investment Guide (iGuide), at JAMPRO’s head office in New Kingston. From left are iGuide Project Consultant, Michelle Frederick Johnson; Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Eric Deans; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Economist, Ian Richards; and Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters’ Association (JMEA) Executive Director, Imega Breese McNab.
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Jamaica Launches Online Investment Guide

Jamaica has joined 28 other nations, including several Caribbean states, that have developed online investment guides (iGuides). These facilities are repositories of information for local and foreign investors interested in doing business in the respective countries. Work to develop the guides was led by local stakeholders, principally countries’ investment promotion agencies in several instances, in collaboration with the United Nations...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, USAID/Washington, John Barsa, display copy of the Memorandum of Understanding signed at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, on Thursday (October 31).
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Government Signs MoU with USAID

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to improve the nation’s financial and fiscal resilience that will help to safeguard  against losses during natural disasters. The MoU was signed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke and Assistant Administrator for the Latin America...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), speaks with Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, USAID/Washington, John Barsa, during a courtesy call at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, on Thursday (October 31).
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PHOTOS: MOFPS Courtesy Call

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), speaks with Assistant Administrator for Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, USAID/Washington, John Barsa, during a courtesy call at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, on Thursday (October 31).
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