A new Board has been appointed at Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) with a mandate to chart a course for the resumption of production at the Jamalco refinery, which was halted following a fire at the facility in September. The members are also required to continue work towards incorporating a new limited liability version of Jamalco, which the Government has...

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) will be seeking Cabinet approval for the establishment of the Shared Corporate Services Department, following the successful pilots of Human Resource (HR) Management and Internal Audit Shared Services. This was revealed by the Executive Director, TIU, Maria Thompson Walters, at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held at the agency’s head office in...

The three commissions responsible for regulating Jamaica’s gambling industry have taken steps to strengthen the culture of integrity, cement the standards of good governance and combat corruption in their organisations. They are the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and the Casino Gaming Commission (CGC). Staff of these entities recently completed training delivered by the Integrity...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the integration of technology in people’s working lives, says Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. “In a way, it has pushed us to find enhanced ways to continue to deliver public services to Jamaicans,” the Minister noted. In his speech read by Minister of State in the Ministry, Marsha...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise taxpayers that it is currently unable to collect payments for Traffic Ticket fines at a Tax Office or via the Tax Authority’s online system. This unavoidable challenge is as a result of the finalized list of traffic offence codes not yet being provided to the Revenue Authority to effect changes to its systems, to enable collection of the fines...

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) is reporting a 95 per cent Service Level Agreement (SLA) rate since the commencement of the pilot for Human Resource (HR) Shared Services in March 2021. Human Resource  services are provided through the MyHR+ Shared Service Centre to four ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), namely, Office of the Services Commissions; the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship...

After further consideration of the incorporation process of JAMALCO presently ongoing, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has transferred portfolio responsibility for Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) from the Ministry of Transport and Mining to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. The Government of Jamaica holds its 45% interest in the JAMALCO refinery through CAP. JAMALCO is a major industrial...