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Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Phillips (second right); and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Broilers Group, Christopher Levy, examine chicks raised at the hatchery housed at the Group’s Hi-Pro Ace Farm and Garden Supercentre in While Marl, St. Catherine. He was on tour of the facility on November 18. The Minister also toured the entity’s Best Dressed Chicken Further Processing Plant in Spring Village.

Agricultural Sector Reaping Benefits of Economic Reform

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says measures being undertaken by the Government to position the agricultural sector to maximise the benefits of the economic reforms underway are bearing fruit. “We are now much more competitive...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (centre), looks on as Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), shakes hands with European Union (EU) Director for Cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean, Jolita Butkeviciene, following the signing of agreements for budget support payments of $2.3 billion from the EU to the Jamaican Government, at Jamaica House on Tuesday, November 17.

PM Urges Private Sector to Make Use of EU Trade Support

New York Congresswoman, Yvette Clark (left), shares a light moment with President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gloria Henry, at the Chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet held at the Hilton Rosehall Hotel, St. James on Saturday, November 14.

US Congresswoman Welcomes IMF Decision to Lower Primary Surplus

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), greets Head of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, prior to the start of the 10th IMF quarterly review media briefing, at the Ministry’s offices in Kingston, on Friday, November 13.

IMF Team Agrees To Lowering Of Primary Surplus Target

Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Richard Byles, addressing journalists at Thursday’s (November 5) monthly media briefing, at Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s head office, in New Kingston.

Jamaica Surpasses September Targets Under IMF Agreement

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