Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, has reported that Jamaica’s mining and quarrying industry grew by 30.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018, mainly due to the reopening of the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO)/Alpart bauxite company in Nain, St. Elizabeth. She was speaking at STATIN’s press conference regarding the release of the March...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has launched a year-long health and wellness programme for staff of its various departments and agencies. Under the theme ‘Get fit for excellence’, the programme is designed to educate and empower employees to make smarter wellness choices, which can ultimately improve productivity on the job. “We believe in having a motivated workforce...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that the Government intends to divest more underutilised State-owned assets. He said that the objective is to create greater space for spending on hospitals, schools, roads, national security, infrastructure and housing, and pay down debt, among other things. “The strategy of the Jamaican Government is, you are only stronger when you have...

The Ministry of National Security and the Trelawny Municipal Corporation will compete in the final of the inaugural Public Sector Debate Competition on April 25. Both teams will debate the moot: “Be it resolved that the goal of Vision 2030, ‘to make Jamaica the place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business’, is a realistic one.” The...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has informed that the economy grew by two per cent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Mr. Holness, who made the announcement at the launch of Wigton Windfarm Limited’s initial public offering (IPO), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Tuesday (April 9), said this revised figure was confirmed by the Statistical Institute of...

Jamaicans will have the opportunity to purchase shares in Wigton Windfarm Limited, when the initial public offering (IPO) opens on April 17. Eleven billion shares at 0.50 cents each are being offered under the IPO, and will run until May 1. Of this amount, 2.2 billion shares will be reserved for public-sector workers. The Government is seeking to raise $5.5...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says there is a need for greater levels of local investments, in order to sustain Jamaica’s economic growth. “We have had a lot of foreign investment, but I don’t think domestic investment has yet been unleashed in the way that it can and ultimately will,” he said. The...