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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the fundraising dinner of the East Central St. James Education Fund at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay Hotel & Spa in Rose Hall.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the fundraising dinner of the East Central St. James Education Fund at the Jewel Grande Montego Bay Hotel & Spa in Rose Hall.

Jamaica Seeing Record Level of Economic Activity – Dr. Clarke

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the country is experiencing an unprecedented level of economic activity, with 17 consecutive quarters of growth, and unemployment now at the lowest rate in the nation’s history....
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Dr. Wayne Robinson (second right) and staff members of the BOJ pose for a picture at the BOJ’s booth at the recent 8th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown, Kingston. The BOJ was one of several government entities at the ‘Governor at Your Service’ pavilion at the event.
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Dr. Wayne Robinson (second right) and staff members of the BOJ pose for a picture at the BOJ’s booth at the recent 8th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown, Kingston. The BOJ was one of several government entities at the ‘Governor at Your Service’ pavilion at the event.

BOJ Conducts Diaspora Survey
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

PIMSEC Approves NSWMA’s Construction of Solid Waste Transfer Station in Trelawny
Beneficiaries of the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Local Economic Development (LED) Programme, listen attentively during a training session at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James, Thursday (June 27).
Beneficiaries of the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Local Economic Development (LED) Programme, listen attentively during a training session at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James, Thursday (June 27).

400 Small Entrepreneurs in St. James to Benefit From $10 Million in Grants
Deputy Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hope Blake (right), greets Chief Internal Auditor for Ghana Grid Company Limited, Richard Ntim, at the opening session for the Commonwealth Secretariat’s three-day Governance and Risk Management Conference, on Tuesday (June 25), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. At centre is the Secretariat’s Public Financial Management Advisor, Augustus Cole.
Deputy Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hope Blake (right), greets Chief Internal Auditor for Ghana Grid Company Limited, Richard Ntim, at the opening session for the Commonwealth Secretariat’s three-day Governance and Risk Management Conference, on Tuesday (June 25), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. At centre is the Secretariat’s Public Financial Management Advisor, Augustus Cole.

Governance and Risk Management Conference Underway

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Country Head for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Jamaica, Jason Fraser, addressing the Social Business Emterprises plenary session during the eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (June 18).
DiasporaFinance & Public Service

USAID Country Head Commends Establishment of Jamaica Social Stock Exchange

Country Head for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Jamaica, Jason Fraser, has hailed the newly established Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) as an innovative mechanism to mobilise capital for the public good. This, he noted, by contributing to the financial viability of the non-profit sector and social enterprises. Mr. Fraser was addressing the social business...
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Country Head for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Jamaica, Jason Fraser, addressing the Social Business Emterprises plenary session during the eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday (June 18).
DevelopmentDiasporaFinance & Public Service

Jamaican Diaspora A Critical Development Partner – USAID Country Head

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Country Head, Jason Fraser, says the diaspora is a critical development partner for Jamaica through remittances and other areas of support. Data from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) indicate that net remittance inflows during 2018 totalled approximately US$2 billion, representing an increase of US$19 million or nearly one per cent over the previous...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), addresses the House of Representatives on June 18.
Finance & Public Service

Cabinet Approves Salary Increases for Parish Judges

Cabinet has approved salary increases for Parish Judges, similar to those approved for the wider public service. They will receive 16 per cent over the three-year period at the rate of five per cent, two per cent and nine per cent, respectively. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the announcement during the sitting of...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference on Monday (June 17). The event is being held from June 16 to 20 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston under the theme ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora: Building Pathways for Sustainable Development’.
DiasporaFinance & Public Service

Members and Organisations in Diaspora Encouraged to Support JSSE

Members and organisations in the diaspora are being encouraged to support the newly established Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE). An initiative of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), the JSSE, which was launched in January by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is designed to facilitate funding, through donations, for the activities of entities involved in social programme delivery to...
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Project Director in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Othneil Hemans, addresses a luncheon at the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference on June 17. The event is being held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
Finance & Public Service

Jamaica to Launch Investment Map

Jamaica is to launch an Investment Map in the latter half of the 2019/20 fiscal year. The Investment Map is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which is aimed at making public investment projects more transparent and, ultimately, more efficient. This was disclosed by Project Director in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Othneil Hemans, during...
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Executive Director of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) Monica Brown, addresses a recent Higher Education Summit, held at the University of the West Indies, Mona Visitors’ Lodge, in St. Andrew.
EducationFinance & Public Service

SLB to Fund Short Certification Courses

Executive Director of The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) Monica Brown, says the institution is to start funding short certification courses. She made the remarks during a Higher Education Summit, held at Mona Visitor’s Lodge, at the University of the West Indies. “Up to now, the SLB has been funding courses for a minimum of two years. So based on the...
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(Mr. Richard Byles (FILE)
Finance & Public Service

Mr. Richard Byles selected as New BOJ Governor

Today, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke announced the endorsement by the Cabinet of the selection of Mr. Richard Byles as the next Governor of the Bank of Jamaica. Minister Clarke stated, “In January of this year, I appointed a Search Committee chaired by Mr. David Marston to lead an open and transparent search...
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