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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses Tuesday’s (September 20) sitting of the House of Representatives.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses Tuesday’s (September 20) sitting of the House of Representatives.

No Shortage of Foreign Exchange – Minister Shaw

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says there is no shortage of foreign exchange in the market. He was speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 20. Minister Shaw said the...
Trainer of a Public Procurement course at the Management Institute for National Development MIND, Alfonso Fernandez de Castro (left), shares a light conversation with (from 2nd left) Director of Business Development and Communication at MIND, Marlene Campbell; Operations Analyst of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sasha Shirley; Senior Director of the Procurement and Asset Policy Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Cecile Maragh; and Acting Deputy Financial Secretary, Garcia Brown. The occasion was the start of the 14-day training course on September 20, at MIND’s Old Hope Road headquarters in St. Andrew.
Trainer of a Public Procurement course at the Management Institute for National Development MIND, Alfonso Fernandez de Castro (left), shares a light conversation with (from 2nd left) Director of Business Development and Communication at MIND, Marlene Campbell; Operations Analyst of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sasha Shirley; Senior Director of the Procurement and Asset Policy Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Service, Cecile Maragh; and Acting Deputy Financial Secretary, Garcia Brown. The occasion was the start of the 14-day training course on September 20, at MIND’s Old Hope Road headquarters in St. Andrew.

Procurement Specialists Urged to use Training to Build Gov’t Capacity
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a sitting of the House of Representatives. (FILE)
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a sitting of the House of Representatives. (FILE)

Cabinet to Receive Draft Action Plan for Public Sector Reform

Finance Minister says Combined Effort Needed to Address Low Productivity
Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Mr. Richard Byles, addresses the monthly press briefing at the Sagicor head office in New Kingston on September 13.
Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Mr. Richard Byles, addresses the monthly press briefing at the Sagicor head office in New Kingston on September 13.

EPOC Co-Chair Highlights Importance of Public-Sector Reform

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Gov’t and IMF Team to Continue Discussion on Successor Agreement

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Team is returning to Jamaica this week to continue discussions with the Government on a successor arrangement. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw made the disclosure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 20. In 2013, Jamaica signed a US$932.3-million four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement...
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Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles.
Finance & Public Service

EPOC Co-Chair Expects Growth Momentum to Continue

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has described the 1.1 per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for the April to June quarter as “pretty good”, and that he expects the country to continue this momentum. Addressing the Committee’s monthly press briefing at the Sagicor head office in New Kingston, yesterday (September 13), Mr. Byles said...
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Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Mr. Richard Byles, addresses the monthly press briefing at the Sagicor head office in New Kingston on September 13.
Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Records Surplus of US$116.3 Million

Jamaica’s current account has recorded a surplus of US$116.3 million for the January to March 2016 quarter. Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, said preliminary Balance of Payments reports from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), show this is an improvement of US$136.5 million relative to the corresponding period in 2015. Mr Byles, addressing EPOC’s monthly press...
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Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) breakfast meeting, held at The Knutsford Court Hotel on September 13.
Finance & Public Service

Bill to Restore Junior Stock Exchange Incentives to be Tabled

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he intends to table a Bill in Parliament to restore incentives under the Junior Stock Exchange. Speaking at a Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) breakfast meeting at The Knutsford Court Hotel, in Kingston, today (September 13), the Minister announced that the Bill will be tabled either today or Tuesday, September 20....
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, exchanges greetings with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Representative, Therese Turner-Jones, during the press launch of the FOROMIC conference at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on August 30. The conference will be held from October 24 to 26 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.
Finance & Public Service

Gov’t and IDB to Host Regional Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Conference

The Government of Jamaica has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to host Latin America and the Caribbean’s largest annual entrepreneurship and microfinance conference in Montego Bay, St. James, in October. FOROMIC, which seeks to provide a space for business and financial innovations, as well as a platform for microfinance, will be held from October 24 to 26 at...
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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw (third right); Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second right); Chief Executive Officer, eGov Jamaica Limited, Herman Athias (right); Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Everton McFarlane (second left), sign a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry and eGov Jamaica Limited at the Ministry’s Heroes Circle offices on Aug. 25. Looking on are Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams (third left); Director, Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project, Dunstan Bryan (standing, left); and Director, Communication and Public Relations, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Elaine Oxamendi Vicet.
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US$1.4 Million Allocated to eGov Jamaica

A sum of US$1.4 million has been allocated to eGov Jamaica Limited for institutional strengthening, in becoming the implementer of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions for the Government. The money has been drawn from the US$37.6-million Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project, which seeks to strengthen public resource management and support selected public-sector institutions in facilitating a more enabling environment...
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