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A sum of $14.9 million has been earmarked in the 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives, for the Planning Institute of Jamaica's (PIOJ) Strategic Flexible Funding Facility. The undertaking, jointly funded by the Government and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aims to respond to the administration's strategic short-term development needs by facilitating the relevant interventions requiring...

The Government is spending an additional $109.4 million this year on the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Project in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), which is scheduled to end in June. The 2010/11 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 25) states that the project, jointly funded by the Government and the Inter-American...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the Mount Olivet Boys' Home in Manchester are set to deepen their relationship with the addition of a mentorship programme, carried out by the JIS. The home was adopted by the JIS late last year and the boys were treated to a day of prizes and gifts during the Christmas season. However, the JIS...

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) representative in Jamaica, Mr. Gerard Johnson, has said that the agency's US$650 million loan agreement negotiated with the Government, represents the largest sum ever to be disbursed to a country as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), in the institution's history. Speaking at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica's (PSOJ) Chairman's Club Forum breakfast, held...

Minister with responsibility for Information, the Hon Daryl Vaz, says that provisions are in place for the 62 Haitians who landed in Portland early Tuesday morning (March 23). Mr. Vaz said the Haitians would be duly processed by the various Government agencies, and that provisions have been made, through the Haitian Relief Fund, to support any eventuality and to ensure...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding says his 15-member Cabinet is not exempt from public sector restructuring. Mr Golding noted that under the constitution the Cabinet cannot be less than twelve. He was responding to questions from guests at the Scotia DBG investment seminar in Kingston on March 19. "That decision is not going to be made until we have signed off...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has reaffirmed to investors that the country's economic growth rests with the actions taken by the government and its private sector partners, and not with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Prime Minister was addressing clients of Scotia DBG Investments at a Corporate Seminar in Kingston on March 19. "Growth is going to be our responsibility...

Financial expert and businessman, Roy Collister, was conferred with the Order of Jamaica (O.J.) on Friday (March 19). The stalwart financier expressed his gratitude to the Government of Jamaica for the honour, describing the moment as a "great pleasure." Mr. Collister, an enthusiastic participant in the formulation of national policies which have influenced foreign exchange rates, tax reform and regional...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has said that the Government wants to ensure that all Jamaicans benefit from the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). He said that ICT, an umbrella term for communication devices or applications, including radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, can be used as...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding assured investors that his government intended to provide policy and administrative support that will allow the private sector to invest where they see viable projects including projects in the public sector. The Prime Minister was addressing clients of Scotia DBG Investments at a Corporate Seminar in Kingston on March 19. Noting that the current multilateral funding...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been speaking of areas in the financial sector which he said needed to have a culture change. He was addressing the Scotia DBG investment seminar in Kingston on March 19. Citing the former high interest rates on government paper Mr. Golding said, "the financial sector must be prepared to shake from its feet the dust...

Public Sector bodies that are not within central government will be more accountable to Parliament during the fiscal year that starts on April 1. Prime Minister Bruce Golding said this in the House on March 17 during the debate on the report of the Standing Orders Committee. Mr Golding said, "The Public Administrations and Appropriations Committee recommended that it be...