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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, 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

The information and communications technology (ICT) network underpinning connectivity across Government is being revamped to further improve public service delivery. The Public Sector Efficiency and ICT pillar is one of five targeted under the Public Sector Transformation Programme, now under...
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
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 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).

MyHR+to Be Implemented in 30 MDAs by 2021
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 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).

Shared Corporate Services Across Government to Begin Early 2019/20

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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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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the opening ceremony for the University of the West Indies (UWI) Research Days 2019, on Wednesday (February 6), at the Mona Campus in St. Andrew.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030

Research and Development to be Included in GDP

Come September 2020, the Government will be amending the format for measuring Jamaica’s gross domestic product (GDP), to include research and development as a subsector. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says this will entail incorporating the 2008 GDP measurement update under the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA), being used by a number...
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Public sector debate competition flyer
Finance & Public Service

Public Sector Employees Invited to Participate in Debate Competition

More than $600,000 in prizes is up for grabs in the Public Sector Debate Competition set to take place between March and April 2019. The competition will see public-sector workers engaged in Parliamentary-style deliberation on the matter of transformation, and other topical issues within the public service. Executive Director of the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Ministry of Finance and the...
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