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Manager at the Queen’s Warehouse in St. Andrew, Sharole Duffus-Straw (left), points to goods being stored at the facility, which was reopened on March 28. It was closed in 2015. Looking on are: Commissioner of Customs, Velma Ricketts Walker (centre), and Special Adviser at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Viralee Lattibeaudiere.

Government Reopens Queen’s Warehouse

The Government has reopened the Queen’s Warehouse at 230 Spanish Town Road, in St. Andrew, with more space added to facilitate importers. The complex was closed in 2015 due to concerns by the St. Andrew Public Health Department. It has...

Modernisation of the State Specialist, IDB, Camila Mejia Giraldo (left), in conversation with former State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., during a recent media event to highlight a reintegration programme being implemented by the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III.

IDB Commends CSJP and Ministry for Reintegration Programme

Newly appointed Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (left), and World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, exchange signed copies of the grant agreement to help vulnerable fishing communities. The signing took place at the Ministry on Wednesday (March 28).

Grant to Help Vulnerable Fishing Communities

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), with (from left): Dean, College of Business and Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Professor Paul Golding; Acting Head of School of Business Administration at UTech, Celia McKoy, and Deputy President, UTech, Professor Colin Gyles.
Occasion was the annual students’ conference of the School of Business Administration, UTech, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, on March 27. — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), with (from left): Dean, College of Business and Management at the University of Technology (UTech), Professor Paul Golding; Acting Head of School of Business Administration at UTech, Celia McKoy, and Deputy President, UTech, Professor Colin Gyles. Occasion was the annual students’ conference of the School of Business Administration, UTech, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, on March 27.

Williams says Fiscal Discipline Must Be Maintained

Executive Director of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), Monica Brown, addresses a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

SLB Working to Remove Stigma

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing a sitting of the Senate on March 23.

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceSenate

Senate Approves SERP Resolution

The Senate on Friday (March 23) approved the Pensions Public Service Special Early Retirement Programme Order 2018 Resolution. The Special Early Retirement Programme (SERP) is a voluntary separation initiative that allows public sector employees, aged 50 to 59, under the non-contributory Government pension scheme, to take up early retirement through an incentivised package. Special incentives have been included in the...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Hon. Ruel Reid addressing the sitting on the Senate on March 23.

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceSenate

Senate Approves Appropriation Act 2018

The Government now has the authority to spend funds allotted in the 2018/19 Estimates of Expenditure, following the passage of the Appropriation Act 2018 in the Upper House on March 23. This annual Bill provides authority for expenditure (other than statutory expenditure) for the financial year (FY) 2018/19 and specifies the manner in which the money is to be allocated to...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, delivering the closing 2018/19 Budget Debate Presentation in the House of Representatives on March 21.
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8 years ago Budget 2018/2019Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Remains Committed to Indirect Taxation Policy

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government remains committed to the policy of indirect taxation intended to bring more Jamaicans into the tax net. “I have stated before that it is the policy of this Government to fundamentally restructure and overhaul our tax regime to make it more fair and equitable by moving from direct...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), emphasises a point while making his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20). Pictured in the background, is the Prime Minister’s wife and Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness.

8 years ago Finance & Public ServicePrime MinisterYouth

Unattached Youth Programme to Be Absorbed Under Hope – 12,600 to Be Engaged

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has announced that the National Unattached Youth Programme will now be absorbed under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) project, targeting a total of 12,600 youth across Jamaica in the 2018/2019 fiscal year. Making his contribution to the 2018/2019 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (March 20), Mr. Holness...

Communications Officer at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Leighton Beckles.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Income Tax Filing Deadline Extended to March 24

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has extended the deadline for the filing of income tax returns for all business persons, companies, self-employed individuals, and employed individuals with multiple sources of income to March 24, 2018. Communications Officer, TAJ, Leighton Beckles, is encouraging persons to use the online facility at jamaicatax.gov.jm to take full and convenient advantage of the extension. Persons may...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), shares a light moment with Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, during Wednesday’s (March 14) Memorandum of Understanding signing by member agencies of the Financial Regulatory Committee (FRC). The signing took place at the BOJ in downtown Kingston. The member agencies include the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Financial Services Commission, Jamaica Deposit Insurance Company, and the BOJ. Mr. Wynter chairs the FRC.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Framework Facilitating Oversight of Financial Sector Strengthened

The framework facilitating oversight of Jamaica’s financial sector by the Financial Regulatory Committee (FRC), will be further strengthened through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that has been established. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has endorsed the MOU, which was signed by representatives of member agencies comprising the FRC, at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), downtown Kingston,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaks to members of the Standing Finance Committee of the House when they considered the Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year, at Gordon House on March 14

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

House Approves Second Supplementary Estimates

The Second Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year, which reflect an increase of $9.78 billion, was approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday (March 14). The figures show that the Budget has been revised upwards from $805.4 billion to $815.3 billion. The Estimates show an increase in the Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses from $515.4 billion to $523.8 billion, while...