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KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved three contracts for the procurement and distribution of textbooks and workbooks to 815 primary, all-age, primary and junior high schools across the island. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. An award of $74 million (£521,600) was made to...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved the issuing of drafting instructions to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to facilitate amendments to the Registration (Birth and Deaths) Act 1881. Speaking at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the amendments will provide for the inclusion of the names of unmarried...

KINGSTON — The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) has said that of 1,699 cases handled during the financial year 2008/09, 1,568 were resolved, a 92.28 per cent resolution rate. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunication and Special Project, Hon. Daryl Vaz, gave details of the annual report at yesterday's Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The Minister said that the...

KINGSTON — Cabinet has approved new boards for the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, the Sugar Company of Jamaica Holdings Limited and the Sports Development Foundation (SDF). Details of the appointments were given by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, at a Post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, yesterday. For the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, the...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Mike Henry, defended the credibility of the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), during his budget presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr. Henry said that the loan for the programme had to be from the Export/ Import Bank of China to the Government of Jamaica, with an interest rate of three...

KINGSTON — The significant contribution made by public bodies to economic growth and development in Jamaica is expected to continue this financial year. According to a Fiscal Policy Paper, which was tabled in the House of Representatives by Finance and Planning Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, last week, the contribution of public bodies has been critical at the micro and macro...

KINGSTON — The Government has budgeted an additional $750 million in support for the Road Maintenance Fund (RMF). In his Budget Debate presentation in Parliament Tuesday April 28, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw said this will ensure the financing of 15 per cent down payment on US$100 million for expenditure under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure...

KINGSTON — The PetroCaribe Development Fund will make available a total of $28.5 billion in loan financing to Central Government and self-financing public bodies, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw has said. In his Budget Debate presentation at Gordon House on April 28, Mr. Shaw said the Fund will also play a critical role in financing...

KINGSTON — The Government will give up $330 million in revenues payable under new tax measures announced by the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, in the House of Representatives on Thursday April 28. It will cost the Government some $300 million for the reduction in fees on Probate, Letters of Administration and Transfer Tax on...

KINGSTON — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says Government’s primary objective will be to make full use of current financial stability to create a base for growth and prosperity. Opening of the Budget Debate in Parliament on Thursday April 28, Mr. Shaw said the Government plans to achieve a balanced budget by 2015/16. He said...

KINGSTON — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that the modernization of the Central Treasury Management System (CTMS) is far advanced, and a series of strategic improvements has begun. Opening the 2011/12 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, Thursday April 27, Mr. Shaw said this system will create a single treasury account, to better...

KINGSTON — Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw,said that the establishment of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) should take effect on May 1. The creation of the single entity for tax administration is being facilitated by the merger of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), the Taxpayer Audit and Assessment Department (TAAD) and the Tax Administration Services Department (TASD)....