As part of the Transformation of the Public Sector, many public servants will be trained and ‘upskilled’. “We have trained and certified 80 change managers [so far], and in this month, we will be doing another 60 change managers,” Executive Director of the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters, said at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on October 2. She...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government will continue to lobby the United States (US) to take the lead in legitimising licensed cannabis growers and processors in the correspondent banking relationships with US banks. Mr. Shaw was addressing the CanEx Business Conference and Expo, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James,...

Three buses, valued at US$753,695, are to be added to the fleet serving government employees. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the award of a contract to Magna Motors Dealership Limited for the supply and delivery of three 50-seater buses for the Government Employees Transportation Service (GETS) fleet. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda,...

The Government has allocated $38 million to fund a forensic audit of oil losses at State refinery Petrojam. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke, as he opened the debate on the First 2019/20 Supplementary Estimates in the House of Representatives on October 8. “[This is] a demonstration that the Government...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (October 9), named members from that chamber who will be part of a Joint Select Committee of Parliament to review the Customs Act 2019. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, who will sit on the committee, said he will be joined by Hon. Fayval Williams, Hon. Marlene Malahoo...

For the first four months of fiscal year 2019/20 (April to July), Government revenue and grant inflows totalled just over $202 billion. This is two per cent higher than budgeted and 8.9 per cent more than the corresponding period last year, according to the 2019/20 Fiscal Policy Paper Interim Report for September 2019, which was tabled in the House of...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says Jamaica’s ability to be fiscally responsible has greatly enhanced its standing with international lending agencies. He noted that this is further amplified by the country having successfully completed two back-to-back reform programmes with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “The results…speak for themselves… . The results have been...