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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers remarks during opening ceremony for the 59th Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Plenary and Working Group Meetings at the Princess Grand Hotel in Hanover on Wednesday (December 4). The meetings run from December 1-6.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers remarks during opening ceremony for the 59th Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) Plenary and Working Group Meetings at the Princess Grand Hotel in Hanover on Wednesday (December 4). The meetings run from December 1-6.

Regional Cooperation Urged to Strengthen Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Safeguards

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, is urging Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) member countries to enhance regional cooperation in order to strengthen anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) frameworks, thereby safeguarding their financial systems....
Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Meris Haughton.
Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Meris Haughton.

Reverse Income Tax Credit Extensions Intended to Ensure More Jamaicans Benefit
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Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Chairman, Robert Stennett (left), and Director General (Acting), Leesha Delatie-Budair (right), converse with (from second left): Director, Regional Statistics, CARICOM Secretariat, Halim Brizan; Resident Coordinator, United Nations (UN) Mission in Jamaica, Dennis Zulu, and Inter-Regional Adviser at the United Nations Statistics Division, Gabriel Gamez, during STATIN’s Capacity-Building Workshop focused on Data Ethics, Governance, and Quality for the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Monday (December 2) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Chairman, Robert Stennett (left), and Director General (Acting), Leesha Delatie-Budair (right), converse with (from second left): Director, Regional Statistics, CARICOM Secretariat, Halim Brizan; Resident Coordinator, United Nations (UN) Mission in Jamaica, Dennis Zulu, and Inter-Regional Adviser at the United Nations Statistics Division, Gabriel Gamez, during STATIN’s Capacity-Building Workshop focused on Data Ethics, Governance, and Quality for the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Monday (December 2) at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

STATIN Hosts Data Capacity-Building Workshop
The Donald Sangster Building, located at 116 East Street, Kingston. The corporate offices of Tax Administration Jamaica are situated here.
The Donald Sangster Building, located at 116 East Street, Kingston. The corporate offices of Tax Administration Jamaica are situated here.

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Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Tables Second Supplementary Estimates for Fiscal Year 2024/25

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, tabled the Second Supplementary Estimates for fiscal year 2024/25 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 26). The estimates reflect the changes resulting from the recent assignment of subjects and departments, agencies and other public bodies, which took effect on October 30, 2024. The impacted entities are the Office...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams
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Restructuring of GCT on Electricity Bills Part of Bigger Effort to Reduce Costs

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the move to restructure general consumption tax (GCT) on electricity bills for 2025 is part of an overall bigger effort to reduce electricity costs in Jamaica. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, recently announced the proposed reduction in GCT on electricity from 15 per cent to seven...
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Agriculture to return to growth in the new financial year.
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Agriculture to Return to Growth in 2025/26

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) projects that the agriculture industry will return to growth in the first half of fiscal year 2025/26. This follows a decline in the July to September 2024 quarter due to the impact of Hurricane Beryl and other weather events, which will linger into October to December. “Some crops, impacted by weather events, which continued...
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Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry.
Finance & Public Service

Hurricane Beryl Causes Decline in Economic Activity for July-September

The adverse impact of Hurricane Beryl and other hydrological events caused a contraction in the economy during the July to September quarter, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) reports. Economic activity declined by an estimated 2.8 per cent compared with the corresponding period in 2023. Speaking during the agency’s recent quarterly briefing, Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the downturn...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams, addresses Wednesday’s (November 27) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Finance & Public Service

1,756 New Gov’t Posts Created

A total of 1,756 new government positions have been created, according to Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams. Speaking during Wednesday’s (November 27) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Mrs. Williams said these include 1,105 posts that have been added to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). This, she pointed out, is to formalise excess staffing capacity...
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Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) with responsibility for the Financial Institutions Supervisory Division, Jide Lewis.
Finance & Public Service

Banks Expected to Meet Demand for Cash This Christmas

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Jide Lewis, says that all banks are expected to be prepared for the increased demand for cash during the upcoming holiday season. “I think during Christmas time, the seasonal increase in demand for currency, would suggest that the banks will need to stock up additional funds,” he said. Mr. Lewis, who has...
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Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) with responsibility for Financial Markets and Payments Systems, Natalie Haynes (right), addresses concerns regarding shortage of coins and certain banknotes in the financial system, at the Central Bank’s Quarterly Monetary Policy Report Press Conference, on Monday (November 25). Listening is Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Wayne Robinson.
Finance & Public Service

No Shortage of Coins or Banknotes

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reassuring the public that there is an ample supply of all coins and denominations within the financial system. Speaking at the Central Bank’s Quarterly Monetary Policy Report Press Conference on Monday (November 25), Deputy Governor with responsibility for Financial Markets and Payment Systems, Natalie Haynes, stated that, "there's no shortage of coins. We supply...
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