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Client Services Manager at the Accountant General’s Department (AGD), Tanisha Weir Grant.

AGD Urges Civil Servants to Ensure Documents are Updated

The Accountant General’s Department (AGD) is urging civil servants close to the age of retirement to ensure that all their documents are updated to minimise delays in receiving their pension. Client Services Manager at the AGD, Tanisha Weir Grant, told...

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

House Approves Order for New Personal Income Tax Threshold

In this file photo, Accountant General, Mrs. Carlene Murdoch (right), assists pensioners at her office in downtown Kingston. The Accountant General’s Department serves over 40,000 Government pensioners.

AGD Improves Service to Pensioners

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (left), speaks with General Manager of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), Earl Jarrett (second left), at the second staging of the Social Enterprise Boost Initiative (SEBI) Summit 2017, organised by the JNBS Foundation, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on January 30. Others (from third left) are: Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Maura Barry-Doyle; and State Minister in the Finance and the Public Service Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Role of Social Enterprises in Community Development being Explored

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets Managing Director of the United States-based investment and securities firm, Jefferies LLC, Gregory Fisher (2nd left), on arrival at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (January 24), for the opening ceremony for the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference. Looking on (from left) are: JSE Chairman, Ian McNaughton; and The Jamaica Pegasus General Manager, Peter Hilary.

US Investment and Securities Firm Lauds Jamaica’s Economic Programme

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking on the Civil Service Establishment (General) Order, 2016, in the House of Representatives on January 24.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Order Removes Vacant Posts at PICA

One hundred vacant posts are to be removed from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA). These are among 138 posts that were abolished across Ministries, Agencies and Departments, as stipulated in the Civil Service Establishment (General) Order, 2016. The Order, which effects changes to the Civil Service Establishment (General) Order, 2015, was approved by the House of Representatives on...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), greets Managing Director of the United States investment firm, Jefferies; and Head of the entity’s Fixed Income Wealth Management division, Gregory Fisher (2nd left), on arrival at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday, January 24, for the opening ceremony of the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference. Others (from left) are: JSE Chairman, Ian McNaughton; and The Jamaica Pegasus General Manager, Peter Hilary.

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Prime Minister Says Stock Market can Facilitate Equitable Wealth Distribution

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica’s stock market represents an area of strategic investment capable of facilitating equitable wealth distribution across the society. Addressing the opening of the 12th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on January 24, the Prime Minister said that inequity has...

Prime Minister the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness speaking in the House of Representatives. (FILE)

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

House Begins Debate on Banking Services Amendment Act

The House of Representatives on Tuesday (Jan. 24) started debate on the Banking Services (Amendment) Act. The legislation, which is a Private Member’s Bill brought by Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South, Fitz Jackson, seeks to to have the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) regulate the use of fees and charges by financial institutions and ensure greater protection for customers....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) staff and stakeholders at the launch a JCA ‘Customs Meets the Community’ public awareness initiative at Customs House at Myers’ Wharf in Kingston on Tuesday, January 24.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Customs Agency Urged to Identify Options to Improve Service

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is challenging the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) to identify options for improving customs activities, in order to optimise the Agency’s capacity for revenue collection. Noting that efficient customs procedures and processes are important elements in the Government’s drive for economic growth, Mr. Shaw said the JCA must be keen to...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (seated, left); and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Jamaica, Malgorzata Wasilewska (seated, right) affix their signatures to copies of the document for the disbursement of €6.5 million (J$910.2 million) in EU grant funding to Jamaica. At centre is Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda. Overseeing the process is Senior Negotiations Officer in the Finance Ministry, Nadine James. The signing took place at the National Heroes Circle offices of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in Kingston on January 19. The money is being provided under the EU’s Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Countries, Jamaica (AMS 2013) Project, which provides support to the country’s sugar industry.

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More Assistance for Residents in Sugar-Dependent Areas

Residents in sugar-dependent areas across the island are to benefit from an additional €6.5 million (J$910.2 million) in grant support from the European Union (EU). The money, which is being provided under the EU’s Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol Countries, Jamaica (AMS 2013) Project, was officially handed over on January 19 during a ceremony at the National Heroes Circle offices...

Deputy President of the Senate, Aubyn Hill, highlights a point while opening the State of the Nation Debate in the Upper House, yesterday (January 20).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Tax Relief Results in Greater Revenue Collection

Deputy President of the Senate, Aubyn Hill, says the Government’s move to increase the personal income tax threshold to $1.5 million is working as predicted, resulting in greater revenue collection. “This is exactly what has happened. In effect, lower the tax rate, give people more money to spend and collect more taxes. This is sound economics,” he said, while opening...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addressing Thursday’s (Oct. 13) joint press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) where details of a new three-year US$1.7 billion precautionary standby successor agreement for the existing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which concludes in March 2017, were outlined. (FILE)

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister Says Transformation is About Efficiency

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the public-sector transformation programme is about efficiency and economic wealth for Jamaica, and not people losing jobs. Addressing the Mayberry Investor Forum, held on January 18 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, in New Kingston, Mr. Shaw said for the process of wealth creation to move forward, there must be...