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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while providing an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Project, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while providing an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Project, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.

27 Trained Under Public Sector Transformation Project

Twenty-seven personnel have already been trained under a programme of upskilling, which forms part of the Public Sector Transformation Project (PSTP). The training, organised by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), targeted officers in the Ministry of Finance and the Public...
President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), Anthony Pierre, speaking at the media launch of the 37th Annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants held on Friday (February 8) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.
President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC), Anthony Pierre, speaking at the media launch of the 37th Annual Caribbean Conference of Accountants held on Friday (February 8) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

Regional Gov’ts Urged to Adopt International Public-Sector Accounting Standards
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provides an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Programme, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.
Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provides an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Programme, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston recently.

ICT Network Across Government Being Revamped
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), interacts with Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, Rosemarie Heaven (centre), and Managing Partner of the accounting firm, Bert Smith and Company, George Willie, during the official launch of the 37th Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on February 8.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), interacts with Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica, Rosemarie Heaven (centre), and Managing Partner of the accounting firm, Bert Smith and Company, George Willie, during the official launch of the 37th Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on February 8.

Jamaica to Host 37th Caribbean Conference of Chartered Accountants
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, looks on as University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Dale Webber (left), presents the Public Policy Award to Director of the Office of Social Entrepreneurship in the UWI’s Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr. K’adamawe K’nife. Occasion was the UWI Annual Research Days awards ceremony at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on February 8.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, looks on as University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Dale Webber (left), presents the Public Policy Award to Director of the Office of Social Entrepreneurship in the UWI’s Faculty of Social Sciences, Dr. K’adamawe K’nife. Occasion was the UWI Annual Research Days awards ceremony at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge on February 8.

UWI Encouraged to Maintain Research Support for Economic and Social Development

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Finance & Public Service

IMF Official Outlines Positives of Debt Reduction

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...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provides an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Project, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (February 7).
Finance & Public Service

MyHR+to Be Implemented in 30 MDAs by 2021

The human resource records in some 30 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are expected to be uploaded on the new MyHR+ digital data system by January 2021. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, made the disclosure while providing an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Programme (PSTP) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, emphasises a point while providing an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Project, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (February 7).
Finance & Public Service

Shared Corporate Services Across Government to Begin Early 2019/20

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...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, provides an update on the Government’s Public Sector Transformation Programme (PSTP) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (February 7). ​                                 
Finance & Public Service

18 More Public Bodies to be Merged, Closed or Integrated By September

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...
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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, addressing a press conference at the Ministry’s National Heroes Circle offices in Kingston on February 5.
EducationFinance & Public Service

$533M Spent to Build 69 Classrooms Since 2016

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...
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Chief Executive Officer at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Vitus Evans, speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank.
Finance & Public Service

Over 2,000 Machines Registered Under BGLC Amnesty

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...
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