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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.

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...

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

EPOC Co-Chair Expects Growth Momentum to Continue

Jamaica Records Surplus of US$116.3 Million

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.

Bill to Restore Junior Stock Exchange Incentives to be Tabled

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.

Public-Sector Medical Consultants Sign Wage 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.

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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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Derrick Smith (right) and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Mr. Milverton Reynolds, enjoy the performance of Asley Grey, at a ceremony at Jamaica House on August 23, where some 220 land titles were handed over to recipients from across the island.

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Low-Cost Loans Available at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ)

Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Milverton Reynolds, is reminding persons interested in setting up micro, small and medium-sized businesses that the agency offers low-cost loans as well as technical assistance. Addressing recipients of land titles at a handover ceremony on August 23 at Jamaica House, Mr. Reynolds urged them to start businesses using the titles as...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), listens as Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, addresses journalists during the recent 13th IMF quarterly review media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

9 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government Spends More to Protect the Most Vulnerable

The Government’s annual social protection expenditure under the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) has exceeded the minimum $18 billion agreed on with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This was disclosed by Financial Secretary in the Finance and Public Service Ministry, Everton McFarlane, who said the figure has averaged between $21 billion and $23 billion. He was speaking at the recent...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), responds to a question at today’s (August 19) 13th International Monetary Fund (IMF) quarterly review media briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). Listening (from second left) are Head of the IMF Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan; and IMF Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Constant Lonkeng Ngouana.

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Government and IMF Team to Discuss Successor Relationship

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is scheduled to arrive within the next month for discussions with the Government on a successor relationship to the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which ends in April 2017. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon Audley Shaw, made the announcement during Friday’s (August 19) 13th IMF quarterly review media briefing, held at the...