The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising communities and civic groups making plans to paint pedestrian crossings and other road safety markings on Labour Day that they must obtain authorisation from the agency before undertaking any such project. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw, told JIS News that the agency has to approve the site...

Jamaica has surpassed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Primary Surplus and Net International Reserve (NIR) targets for the January to March quarter. The Primary Surplus was $120.8 billion, $1 million over the $120.7 billion target for the period, while the NIR amounted to US$2.4 billion, surpassing the target of US$1.5 billion. This was noted by the Economic Programme Oversight Committee...

Financial Secretary, Devon Rowe, says he is looking forward to the deliberations at the 46th annual meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Governors, now underway in Montego Bay, St. James. The meetings take place at the Montego Bay Convention Centre as well as at the Ziva Hyatt and Zilara and Iberostar Resorts in St. James. Welcoming participants...

The 46th annual meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of Governors is underway at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St. James. Heads of States, Ministers of Finance and High Level Representatives of 28 countries are meeting from May 16 to 19. The CDB will release its annual report which will provide an overview of the...

Minister of Finance and Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, is urging greater regional cooperation to address common border security challenges. Mr. Shaw said given the global economy, the international nature of trade and travel and transnational criminal organisations, sovereign states must not continue to work in isolation to defend their borders. “This is a task that no country can tackle...

The administration is seeking to implement the revised pension scheme for government workers no later than April 1, 2017. The new pension benefit system is one of the structural benchmarks set out under the Government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, said that the proposed Pensions (Public Service) Bill, which was...

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Mission Team to Jamaica has offered to assist the Government in implementing the public sector transformation programme. Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, at a meeting with IMF representatives last week said, they expressed an interest in working with the administration to “look at the benchmarks and what can be accelerated and over...