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(FILE) Executive Director, Transformation Implementation Unit, Office of the Prime Minister, Maria Thompson-Walters (at podium), addresses participants in a recent forum on public-sector transformation, hosted by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), at its Kingston campus.

60 Public Sector Workers Certified as Change Managers

Sixty public sector workers from various entities have been trained and certified as change managers, who will be charged with assisting the transformation process in the public service. The training was conducted by the Transformation and Implementation Unit (TIU) in...

State Minister for Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addressing the Jamaica Micro Financing Association Limited’s (JaMFA) recent annual microfinance sector leadership forum, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

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State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green (left), converses with Jamaica Micro Financing Association Limited’s (JaMFA) Executive Director, Raymond Gabbidon, during JaMFA’s annual microfinance sector leadership forum, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Tuesday (May 28).

Gov’t Looking to Sharpen Financial Literacy Skills of Citizens

Manager of Communications and International Relations at the Financial Services Commission (FSC), David Geddes, addresses a town hall meeting in Mandeville, Manchester, on May 21.

FSC-Regulated Entities Must Meet Fit and Proper Test

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), observes as Chairman, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, Russell Hadeed (left), inserts the strip signifying Wigton Windfarm — Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), observes as Chairman, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, Russell Hadeed (left), inserts the strip signifying Wigton Windfarm's official listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. The listing ceremony took place today (May 22), at the Jamaica Stock Exchange in downtown Kingston. Also sharing in the moment are (from third left) Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke; Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams; and General Manager, Wigton Windfarm, Earl Bennett.

Wigton Windfarm Now on Jamaica Stock Exchange

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Governor, Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter (right), speaks at BOJ’s Quarterly Press Briefing on Tuesday (May 21). At left is Deputy Governor, Wayne Robinson.

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Prospects for Economy Remain Positive – BOJ

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says prospects for the Jamaican economy remain positive, as economic growth continues underpinned by rising employment. This positive outlook was given by Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, at the Bank’s quarterly press conference held on Tuesday (May 21). “Foreign reserves are adequate and we have a sustainable position in the current account of...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (right), addresses journalists at Tuesday’s (May 21) quarterly briefing at the BOJ’s Training Institute, in downtown Kingston. With the Governor (from left) are BOJ Deputy Governors, Maurene Simms, Dr. Wayne Robinson and John Robinson.

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Increase in Credit to Businesses and Households – BOJ

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says credit extended to private-sector businesses and households by commercial banks, merchant banks and building societies has increased by 15.2 per cent over the 12-month period ending March 2019. Governor Brian Wynter says this is 1.4 per cent higher than the 13.8 per cent out-turn for the corresponding period last year. He was speaking at...

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6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Pensioners Get More Time to Complete Life Certificates

Government of Jamaica pensioners will have more time to complete and hand in their life certificates to the Accountant General’s Department (AGD). “We are sending out the life certificates one month earlier than before, so that you get two months to return them,” Director of Communication and Customer Relations at the AGD, Tanisha Weir Grant, told JIS News. She said...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

More Information on Daily Foreign Exchange Transactions on BOJ Website

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced that, effective today (Monday, May 20), additional information on daily foreign exchange market transactions will be posted on its website. This decision, according to the BOJ, is intended to foster “greater transparency” in relation to large US-dollar transactions by authorised foreign exchange dealers and cambios and improve public access to market information. “The...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

Financial Services Commission Stages Town Hall Meeting on May 21

The public is invited to the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Town Hall Meeting to be held at the Cecil Charlton Hall, Hargreaves Avenue in Mandeville, Manchester, on Tuesday, May 21, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Communications and Public Education Officer at the FSC, Toni-Ann Bryson, told JIS News that the town hall meeting is part of a drive by the FSC...

Senior Director for Children’s Affairs, Youth and Adolescent Policy Division in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hyacinth Blair, addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.

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USAID Grants $67 Million for Youth Component of School Safety Programme

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated approximately $67 million (US$500,000) to support the youth component of the Improved Safety and Security in Schools Programme in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information. The two-year programme, which began in July 2017 and is slated to end in July 2019, is valued at US$3 million. It is being...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (right), share pleasantries with World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, during the National Competitiveness Council’s eighth Annual Business Environment Roundtable Forum, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on May 9.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Additional Reforms Should Boost Doing Business Ranking – Finance Minister

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says additional reforms being accelerated by the Government to improve Jamaica’s global competitiveness should serve to further boost the country’s ranking on the World Bank Doing Business Report Index. He said despite Jamaica improving 16 places on the Index to be ranked the most competitive Caribbean country with which...