The Government has allocated $65 million for the Soil Fertility Mapping Project, which aims to increase the productivity and quality of agricultural produce. Details are outlined in the 2022/2023 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, seeks to optimise farmers’ profits and enhance farming efficiency...

Mr. M. Anthony Shaw has been appointed the Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica Limited, effective April 1, 2022. Mr. Shaw, an accomplished management consultant with extensive international and regional experience at the corporate group level, will join the DBJ at a crucial juncture in the organization’s operations and at a time of tremendous social and economic change...

March 15, 2022 is the annual Income Tax due date and Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is encouraging taxpayers to begin preparations to file their Income Tax Returns which is less than two months out. Income Tax Filers are being reminded that they are required to file their Annual Income Tax Return for the year 2021 and to declare their Estimated...

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...