The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), with its newly formed $2-billion community transformation initiative – Project STAR (Social Transformation and Renewal) – met with local business heads in Montego Bay, St. James, on August 24. The two-event ‘Stakeholders Engagement’, involved a presentation on Project STAR to PSOJ Western Region and other business community members, followed by a media tour...

Several government social and welfare programmes are being targeted for support through upcoming digital payment solutions being offered by Lynk. As Jamaica’s first fully digital wallet, Lynk is targeting public subsistence payment programmes, such as the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), and initiatives like the Christmas Work Programme, to bring ease to the process of disbursement, collection...

Plans are being made to review the public procurement system as the Government aims to achieve greater levels of efficiency. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, said this will be a “data-driven approach towards reviving the procurement system”. “The Ministry is undertaking a data-intensive process where we will be retrieving information on 27 variables...

The regional investment community now has a 24-hour cable television channel, the Caribbean Business Exchange (CBX), dedicated to providing comprehensive information on industry developments. A division of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), the CBX will broadcast on channel 143 on the Flow Network and 28 on Digicel. The channel was formally launched by JSE Managing Director, Dr. Marlene Street Forrest,...

Ground has been broken for the development of a contemporary, recreational area at the Maverley Park in St. Andrew. This is part of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) ‘Paint the City’ initiative, which is aimed at upgrading, beautifying, and reinjecting life into the City. The 2.5-acre area will be transformed into an inviting leisure space for residents...

The country has recorded broad, notable gains across the four goals underpinning the long-term National Development Plan – Vision 2030 Jamaica. Being spearheaded by the Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, the Plan seeks to position the island to achieve developed country status and make it the “place of choice to live, work, raise families and do business.” The national goals are...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says the country has adequate gross and net international reserves to finance its obligations, cushion against exogenous shocks, and address near to medium-term eventualities. Addressing the BOJ’s digital quarterly media briefing on Friday (August 19), Senior Deputy Governor, Dr. Wayne Robinson, reported that the gross reserves total US$4.3 billion, representing 129 per cent of the...