Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, on Tuesday (July 18), tabled the Second Supplementary Estimates for fiscal year 2023/24 in the House of Representatives. The primary objective of the Estimates is to reallocate to individual Heads the required funds to enable payment of the compensation adjustments during the fiscal year. In December 2022, the...

The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is increasing the number of Grant-In-Aid (GIA) allocations provided and sums dispensed, beginning this fiscal year. The number of grants being provided for eligible students from low-income or Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) households, and wards of the State will increase to 4,200, up from the 3,000. The sum for each grant...

   

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is aware that taxpayers continue to encounter challenges when attempting to conduct business via its tax portal (www.jamaicatax.gov.jm) due to a technical issue. The revenue authority’s teams and service provider have been working assiduously to resolve the issue by the end of the business day.  The issue which began impacting TAJ’s online system since yesterday has...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is reporting that Jamaica is experiencing an unprecedented period of economic and financial stability, which has been assisted by the success of the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported Economic Reform Programme. The central bank is attributing the success of the programme to the high level of trust and confidence that was created in Jamaica and overseas...

The Government has this year allocated $2 billion to purchase textbooks for students at the primary and secondary levels. Addressing Wednesday’s (July 12) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, said the distribution of textbooks for several subjects has commenced. “For grades one to four maths textbooks, distribution will commence July 24. For...

Low-income earners of $15,000 and less per week are eligible to benefit from a special offer of up to $3.5 million, under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Home Grant programme. Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs at the NHT, Dwayne Berbick, who gave an interview on the Love 101 radio segment, ‘Good Morning Minister’, on July 12,...