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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, highlights the performance of the sector since the start of the year, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on September 20.

Ministries of Finance and Tourism to Take over Mobay Convention Centre

Cabinet has approved the transfer of ownership of the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James, to the Ministries of Finance and the Public Service, and Tourism. The management, operation and marketing of the facility will be handled...

Chairman of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Clovis Metcalfe (left) and Chairman of Crime Stop, Major General Robert Neish, sign a partnership agreement between the BGLC and Crime Stop, on September 27, at the BGLC’s head office in Kingston. The agreement will allow members of the public to make anonymous reports about illegal gambling through Crime Stop’s ‘311’ toll-free number. Persons will get cash rewards of up to $25,000 if the information provided results in an arrest and charge.

War On Illegal Gambling

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, delivering Jamaica’s policy statement at the 71st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on September 23

De-Risking Must be Addressed Urgently – PM

Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Karl Samuda (right), greets Lasco Manufacturing Limited’s Managing Director, Robert Parkins (second left), during a tour of the company’s White Marl plant in St. Catherine on September 23. Looking on, left, are: Lasco Affiliated Company Founder and Executive Chairman, Lascelles Chin; and Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw.

Parliament to Debate Junior Market Incentives Restoration

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, emphasises a point while delivering the keynote address at the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission’s (BGLC) Gaming Industry Summit at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Thursday, September 22. The event was held under the theme ‘Facing the Challenges. Navigating the Future’.

Gov’t to Merge Gaming Industry Regulatory Bodies

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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...

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

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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 depreciation of the Jamaican dollar in recent weeks has triggered some legitimate concerns by local businesses given that Jamaica has,...

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.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Procurement Specialists Urged to use Training to Build Gov’t Capacity

Public procurement specialists involved in a 14-day certification course are being encouraged to use the knowledge gained to build the procurement capacity of their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies. “We ask you to take full advantage of this opportunity that you have been given, recognising that you will be part of the reform of public procurement in the country,” said...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, addresses a sitting of the House of Representatives. (FILE)

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Cabinet to Receive Draft Action Plan for Public Sector Reform

A draft action plan for public-sector reform is to be submitted to Cabinet by September 26. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on September 20. “The final action plan will specify time-bound actions to improve efficiency in the public sector through a combination of...

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Finance Minister says Combined Effort Needed to Address Low Productivity

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the combined effort of the Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF), the private sector and Government is needed to address low labour productivity in Jamaica. Speaking at the JEF’s breakfast meeting, at The Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, on September 13, Mr. Shaw said that labour productivity has been in “persistent...

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.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

EPOC Co-Chair Highlights Importance of Public-Sector Reform

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has highlighted the importance of Cabinet approving an implementation plan this month for the public-sector reform process. Mr. Byles, making a presentation at the monthly EPOC press briefing at the Sagicor building in New Kingston, yesterday (September 13), said this is a structural benchmark to be achieved under Jamaica’s Extended Fund...

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles.

9 years ago 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...