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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

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...

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.

EPOC Co-Chair Highlights Importance of Public-Sector Reform

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

EPOC Co-Chair Expects Growth Momentum to Continue

9 years ago 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...

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.

9 years ago 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....

Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (right) and President of the Association of Government Medical Consultants (AGMC), Dr. Konrad Lawson (right), sign the Heads of Agreement for the contract period 2015/2017, at the Ministry in Kingston, on September 2. Overseeing the signing is Senior Industrial Relations Officer in the Ministry, Charmaine Hayman.

9 years ago Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Public-Sector Medical Consultants Sign Wage Agreement

Public-sector medical consultants have signed a Heads of Agreement with the Government for the 2015/2017 contract period. Under the two-year wage agreement, they will receive a four per cent salary increase for year one and three per cent in year two. The contract was signed today (September 2), at the Finance and the Public Service Ministry in Kingston. The agreement...

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.

9 years ago 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...

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.

9 years ago Finance & Public ServiceTechnologyVision 2030

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...

Minister of State with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (left), signs the Heads of Agreement for the contract period 2015/2017 allowing for certain fringe benefits to public-sector workers of central ministries, departments and agencies of Government, at the Finance and the Public Service Ministry in Kingston, on August 24. At right is Jamaica Civil Service Association of Jamaica (JCSA) President, O’Neil Grant.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t and JCSA Sign Agreement for Certain Benefits

The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) and the Government have signed for certain fringe benefits peculiar to central government workers, under a Heads of Agreement for the contract period 2015/2017. The signing took place at the offices of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in Kingston, on August 24. Among the benefits are grants from the Ministry of...

Minister of State with responsibility for the Public Service, Hon. Rudyard Spencer (second left), signs the Heads of Agreement for Public Sector Nurse Practitioners for the contract period 2015/2017, at the Finance and the Public Service Ministry in Kingston, on August 24. Participating in the signing (from left) are National Workers Union (NWU) Vice President, Arthur Grant; Heather Henry-McGrath and Ellotha Beckford Muschamp.

9 years ago Finance & Public ServiceHealth & Wellness

Public-Sector Nurse Practitioners Sign Wage Agreement

Public-sector nurse practitioners are the latest group of healthcare professionals to sign the Heads of Agreement with the Government for the 2015/2017 contract period. At a ceremony held at the Finance and the Public Service Ministry in Kingston on August 24, the nurse practitioners signed the two-year wage agreement under which they will receive a four per cent salary increase...