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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

New York Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, has welcomed the decision by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lower the primary surplus target under Jamaica’s Economic Reform Programme. The IMF team, last week, agreed to reduce the target by 0.5 per cent...

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

Senior Director of the Procurement and Asset Policy Unit in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Cecile Maragh (centre), makes a point during a recent JIS Think Tank. Listening are Director of Compliance and Regulatory Monitoring, Samoya Smith (left); and Senior Procurement Policy Analyst, Malisa McGhie.

New Law to Improve Efficiency and Transparency in Govt Procurement

Chief Economist, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Everton McFarlane addressing the Audit Committee Conference staged by the Government’s Audit Commission in collaboration with the Ministry at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, on October 29.

Auditors Urged To Carry Out Duties Effectively

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10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Customs Agency Moves Motor Vehicle Auction to its Head Office

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising the public that the Motor Vehicle Auction which was originally slated to be conducted at its Queen’s 230 Warehouse, on Thursday November 19, 2015, will instead be relocated to its head office, Myers’ Wharf, Newport East, Kingston 15. Additionally, the viewing of the Private Treaty Auction will be held from November 17-20, 2015,...

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Midwives and Education Officers Sign 2015/17 Heads of Agreement

The Jamaica Midwives Association and the Jamaica Association of Education Officers are the latest groups to sign the Heads of Agreement for the 2015/17 contract period. The associations signed in a ceremony at the Ministry of Finance and Planning on Wednesday, November 4. Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, speaking then as Minister with responsibility for the Public Service, commended the...

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Poised to Record Further Growth – EPOC

Economic Programne Oversight Committee (EPOC) Co-Chairman, Richard Byles, says Jamaica remains poised to record further growth, based on current positive economic developments. Notable among these, he says, are improved revenue generation and collection, and reductions in the trade deficit, inflation and unemployment. The Co-Chairman was speaking at EPOC’s quarterly media briefing, held at Sagicor Life Jamaica Limited’s head office, in...

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t. and NAJ Sign Wage Agreement

The Government of Jamaica, today (October 30), signed a heads of agreement with the Nurses’ Association of Jamaica (NAJ), for a wage increase and improved benefits, for the 2015/17 period. The signing, held at Jamaica House, was the seventh in a series of agreements with public sector workers. The nurses agreed to a seven per cent increase in salaries for...

Minister with responsibility for the Public Service, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left) embraces 2015/16 Lasco Nurse of the Year, Treveen Palmer-Miller, during Friday’s (October 30) launch of the ‘Team Jamaica Valucard for government workers, at the Super Shoppers Fair complex, Washington Boulevard, St. Andrew

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Over 100,000 Public Sector Workers To Benefit From Cash Back Programme

The country’s over 100,000 government workers are to benefit from cash rewards at select private sector establishments through the ‘Team Jamaica Valucard’ programme. The initiative, launched at the Super Shoppers Fair complex on Washington Boulevard on October 30, will see civil servants being rewarded with cash back benefits whenever they use the card to access goods and services at any...

Senior Director of the Procurement and Asset Policy Unit in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Cecile Maragh, speaking at a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on Wednesday (October 21).

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

400 Public Procurement Officers Trained

Four hundred procurement practitioners across the public sector have been trained and certified as part of the Government’s thrust to streamline and transform the public procurement system. This was disclosed by Senior Procurement Analyst in the Procurement and Asset Policy Unit in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Malisa McGhie, while addressing a recent JIS Think Tank. Of the total,...

Director, Internal Audit Directorate (IAD), Ministry of Finance and Planning, Suzette Campbell, emphasizes point during the performance audit workshop, which held at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, from October 20 to 23. The workshop, organized by the IAD in collaboration with the Office of the Cabinet, targeted government internal auditors from Ministries, Departments, and Executive Agencies.

10 years ago Finance & Public Service

Gov’t Internal Auditors Benefit From Performance Audit Workshop

Approximately 35 Government internal auditors have completed a four-day workshop aimed at improving auditing performance standards within Ministries, Departments, and Executive Agencies. The workshop, which ran from October 20 to 23, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston, was organised by the Ministry of Finance and Planning in collaboration with the Office of the Cabinet, and formed part of the...