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Leader of Government Business in the Senate, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith addresses the sitting of the Upper House on Friday (October 25).

Gov’t Safeguarding Financial System

The Government continues to put robust measures in place to safeguard the country’s financial system against money laundering schemes and the financing of terrorism. This assurance comes from Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Kamina...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while addressing the House of Representatives on October 22.

Government Provides More Incentives For Local Suppliers

TIU Seeks To Improve Areas That Impact Citizens Directly

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

Public-Sector Service Delivery To Private Sector Being Reshaped – PM Holness

Executive Director of the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Maria Thompson Walters, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Many Public Servants to be Trained as Part of Transformation Process

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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses stakeholders during the CanEx Business Conference and Expo opening ceremony, which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James recently.

6 years ago Finance & Public ServiceIndustry

Shaw Says Gov’t Will Continue To Lobby US On Correspondent Banking

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,...

6 years ago Finance & Public ServiceInformation

Three More Buses For Government Employees

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,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke, opens the debate on the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2019/20 fiscal year in the House of Representatives on October 8. Seated is Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Allocates $38M For Petrojam Forensic Audit

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...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, announces the members of the Joint Select Committee to consider and report on the Customs Act 2019. This was during the sitting of the House of Representatives on October 8.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Joint Select Committee To Review Customs Act

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...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the House of Representatives in September, after tabling the first 2019/20 Supplementary Estimates and Fiscal Policy Paper Interim Report.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Revenue Up For April To July

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, speaking at the LAC Debt Group XV Annual Meeting at the Secrets Resort in Montego Bay on October 3.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Has Enhanced Its Standing With International Lending Agencies

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...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (second left), converses with Bouyges Construction Concessions’ Chief Operating Officer, Charles Paradis (right), during Thursday’s (October 3) ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston to provide details about Trans-Jamaican Highway Limited

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaicans Will Soon Be Able To Own Shares In Trans-Jamaica Highway

Members of the public will soon be able to purchase shares in Trans-Jamaican Highway Limited (TJH), which owns and operates the country’s toll-road network. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said the Government, through State entity the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC), has an agreement with TJH’s overseas-based principal parent companies, Bouyges...