New Year, new opportunities – that’s the focus of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service’s third staging of its Wealth Summit. The Ministry’s Wealth Summit is a series of free quarterly events geared towards improving the financial literacy of Jamaicans. The event will be live streamed on the YouTube and Facebook pages of the JIS and Finance Ministry...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (left), is presented with a symbolic cheque in the sum of US$2,000 by Universal Service Fund (USF) Chairman, Justin Morin, for the provision of broadband Internet service to facilitate the virtual staging of events marking Reggae Month 2022 throughout February. The presentation was made on Friday (February 4) at the...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today (February 3) launched its publication, ‘Digital Transformation and Public Employment: The Future of Government Work’. According to the executive summary, the book centres around the need to incorporate human capital management in the public sector into the debate on the digital transformation of government. It analyses both the drive towards digital transformation (the creation...

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has commenced a series of stakeholder meetings on the public-sector wage-restructuring process, which is slated to be implemented on April 1. Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, told the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 1) that all bargaining groups representing government employees were engaged last week and provided with an...

The government is looking to table the proposed Largescale and Pioneer Industry Bill in Parliament during the fiscal year 2022/23. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the legislation aims to facilitate investments valued over US$1 billion, noting that this is among key priorities being programmed for the upcoming year He was speaking during...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, is to engage with financial institutions regarding recent increases in banking fees. Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, made the disclosure in an interview on Nationwide News Network on Thursday (January 27). “He is about to embark...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says it makes “good business sense” to protect the society’s most vulnerable citizens by being “fair and conscientious to everyone”. His comment comes against the background of the recently announced introduction of fees by commercial banks for transactions at automated teller machines (ATMs) that will range from $25 to $60. Mr. Holness said...