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Acting Director of Research at the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC), Racquel Brown, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ today (December 12), encouraging the public to utilise the information published in the commercial bank survey.

Jamaicans Urged to Use Information Published in Commercial Bank Survey

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging the public to utilise the information in the commercial bank survey, which was published on Friday, December 8. The survey, which uncovered the rates and fees charged by the seven commercial banks operating...

Country Manager for the Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, addresses JIS ‘Think Tank’ about recommendations to increase competitiveness in the tourism industry within the region.

IDB Official Says Inclusive Approach will Improve Tourism

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses graduates of the Ministry of Education Career Advancement Programme (CAP) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, on December 7.

Gov’t Facilitating Growth of BPO Sector – Minister Shaw

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw.

House Approves First Supplementary Estimates

Director of the Projects Unit, Transport and Mining Ministry, Tanya Bedward (left), listens as President of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick, addresses the Aviation Seminar at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on December 6.

Government to Review National Transport Policy

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw. (FILE)

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliament

PAAC Deliberating First Supplementary Estimates

Members of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) are now deliberating the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year. It will then be debated in the House of Representatives later in the afternoon for its approval. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, tabled the Supplementary Estimates in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (December...

Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon Fayval Williams. (FILE)

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceLabourSocial SecurityYouth

Finance State Minister Welcomes App for Young Jobseekers

Finance and the Public Service State Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, has welcomed the Labour and Social Security Ministry’s planned development of a mobile app targeting young jobseekers that will make it easier for them to be matched with employment. Mrs. Williams anticipates that the Labour Market Information System app, slated for roll-out during the first quarter of the 2018/19 fiscal...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (left), simulates a court session in the newly opened expanded facilities of the Kingston Traffic Court. Also participating (from second left) are Head of the European Union Delegation to Jamaica, Malgorzata Wasilewska; Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Division, Calvin Allen; and Superintendent of Police attached to the Division, Courtney Coubre. The refurbished building was officially handed over during a ceremony at its Sabina Park location on Melbourne Road in Kingston on Thursday (November 30).

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceJustice

Justice Minister Wants Licences of Delinquent Drivers Suspended

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is proposing the suspension of licences of drivers with five or more outstanding tickets for traffic violations. “I think it is important to send the message… that you cannot just collect tickets and feel that you can accumulate them without any sanction and without any enforcement of the rule of law,” he asserted. The...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentFinance & Public Service

Programme to Develop Papine

Member of Parliament for St Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams, says efforts are being made to undertake a programme for the redevelopment of the town of Papine in the constituency. “Papine is a hub of activity of pedestrians, vehicles and vendors. It is the ‘capital city’ of St. Andrew Eastern and an asset to the constituency, but it is in...

8 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliament

First Supplementary Estimates to be Tabled Dec. 5

The first Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year will be tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 5. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, during the sitting of the Lower House on Wednesday (November 29). The Estimates will be discussed by the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) and...

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

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

Persons Encouraged to Pay Fee for Vehicle Fitness online

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is encouraging the use of their online payment system to pay motor vehicle fitness fees. Communications Officer, TAJ, Leighton Beckles, told JIS News that the process is very convenient, fast and reliable, and cited the payment platform (the virtual tax office), as the second most highly used location for payment in the recently concluded traffic ticket...

General Manager, Microfinance Services Division, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Paul Chin, addresses the DBJ’s Small and Medium-size Enterprise (SME) Summit, at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston.

8 years ago Finance & Public Service

DBJ Provides Assistance to Spur Growth in MSME Sector

As one of the principal agencies delivering the Government’s programme of micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) assistance, the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) provides a diverse suite of products and services tailored to spur significant MSME growth. General Manager for the DBJ’s Microfinance Services Division, Paul Chin, said the agency’s core functions fall under the areas of equity, micro-finance,...