International Monetary Fund (IMF) Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, says that as Jamaica’s debt is reduced, more money will become available to invest for the development of the country. Speaking at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Kingston East and Port Royal at Eden Garden Wellness and Spa, Lady Musgrave Road, on February 11, Dr. Ngouana pointed...

Shared corporate service delivery across government is projected to get under way early in the 2019/20 fiscal year with implementation of the initial component of Human Resource Management (HRM). Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says work on this aspect of the Public Sector Transformation Programme (PSTP) is at an “advanced stage”, adding the proposed...

The Government has identified 18 additional public bodies that will either be merged, reintegrated into parent Ministries, or closed by September this year. This follows the initial 20 acted on under the Public Sector Transformation Programme (PSTP). Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the announcement during a programme update at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel...

The Government has spent approximately $533 million to build 69 classrooms and accompanying amenities in primary and secondary schools since 2016, to take students off the double shift system and ease overcrowding. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, made the disclosure during a press conference at the Ministry in Kingston on February 5. He said...

The Government is moving apace to streamline the complex compensation and allowance system across the public sector. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said that a policy, philosophy and accompanying strategies will be developed over the next 18 months. He noted that the objective is to attain a wage bill to gross domestic product (GDP)...

Over 2,000 previously unregistered machines were licensed during a Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) licensing amnesty late last year. “That was an important breakthrough in terms of bringing the kind of control we want to the industry,” said Chief Executive Officer at the BGLC, Vitus Evans, at a recent JIS Think Tank. He said that the amnesty was undertaken...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says funds have been set aside in the upcoming Budget for the pursuit of research at the tertiary level. He said that further details of the allocation will be provided in the Estimates of Expenditure, which will be tabled in the House of Representatives next week. He noted...