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Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, addresses journalists at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on February 27.

Cabinet Approves Increase for Pensioners

Cabinet has given approval for increases to be granted to government pensioners. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said details will be provided in the 2019/20 Budget Debate by Finance and the Public Service Minister,...

Director of Enforcement at the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Noel Bacquie, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently. At right is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the BGLC, Vitus Evans.

Keeping Crime Out of Gaming Industry Major Focus of BGLC

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, emphasises a point while addressing journalists at the Central Bank’s quarterly media briefing at the BOJ Auditorium in downtown Kingston on Thursday (February 21).

Low Inflation of 2.3 % in January 2019

BOJ Governor says Macroeconomic Prospects Remain Positive

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (centre), addresses the PIOJ’s quarterly media briefing on Wednesday (February 20) at the Agency’s head office in New Kingston. Listening (from left) are Senior Director for the Institute’s Economic Planning, Research and Policy Logistics Division, James Stewart; and Project Manager, Foundation for Competitiveness and Growth, Melvin Smith.

14,400 More Persons Employed as at October 2018

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

PIOJ Gets Additional $60 Million for Technical Cooperation Project

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will receive an additional $60 million to continue work on the Technical Cooperation Facility VI (TCF VI) in the new fiscal year. This is contained in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The five-year project, which commenced in November 2016, aims to identify and implement relevant, sustainable, visible and...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

Climate Change Resilience Project Gets $703 Million

A sum of $703.7 million has been budgeted for 2019/2020 to increase Jamaica’s resilience to climate change, through enhancing adaptive capacity across priority sectors. Details of the project are outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The money will be...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public ServiceJustice

$1.4 Billion for CSJP III Activities in 2019/2020

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme III is set to receive a cash injection of $1.4 billion to carry out its work in the new fiscal year. Details of the allocation are outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on February 14 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

$10 Million Allocated for Management of Returned Migrants

A sum of $10 million has been budgeted by the Government to strengthen the policy, legislative and institutional framework that guides the management and treatment of involuntary returned migrants to the island. The money has been allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. It will go towards preparing a framework and protocol for tracking...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (left), responds to questions during the PIOJ’s quarterly media briefing on Wednesday (February 20) at the Agency’s head office in New Kingston. Listening is Project Manager, Foundation for Competitiveness and Growth, Melvin Smith.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Growth of 1.7 % for October to December 2018 Quarter

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy grew by an estimated 1.7 per cent over the October to December 2018 quarter, as against 1.8 percentage points during the preceding period. Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, says this reflected an estimated 4.2 per cent increase in the goods producing industry and a 0.8 per cent out-turn in...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Finance & Public Service

$578 Million Allocated for PSMP II IN 2019/2020

The Government has set aside $578 million for the continuation of projects under the Public Sector Modernisation Programme (PSMP) II, in the next fiscal year. Funding details are outlined in the 2019/2020 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. A major objective of the project is to support the development and delivery of integrated public services that meet...

Dancers perform at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) World Reggae Dance Competition at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Hope Road in Kingston.

7 years ago Finance & Public Service

Senior Lecturer Says Entertainment Events Contribute Much to Economy

Entertainment events contributed some $71 billion to the Jamaican economy between 2012 and 2016, with 1.9 million people employed in various positions. This was noted by Senior Lecturer of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah, while commenting on the value and culture of dancehall, at the Jamaica Music Museum ‘Grounation’ series held on Sunday, February...