The 2022/23 Budget Debate begins on Tuesday, March 8 in the House of Representatives, with Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, making his presentation. Dr. Clarke will inform the nation how the $912-billion Budget for the new fiscal year, which he tabled in the House on February 10, will be funded. The Budget Debate...

A new Bail Act is to be brought to the Houses of Parliament shortly for consideration. “A new Bail law is far advanced and should be coming before the Parliament within another month or so,” Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, said. She was speaking during the sitting of the Standing Finance Committee at Gordon House...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is monitoring and preparing for the impact that the country’s economy will face because of conflict between the neighbouring countries, Ukraine and Russia. “We expect that the impact on Jamaica could be through the global energy prices, oil prices, in particular, and possibly through some commodities, maybe wheat [and] flour...

Three Special Education Diagnostic Centres are to be established at three colleges at a cost of $110 million, during the new fiscal year. They are Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, St. James; Church Teachers’ College, Manchester and the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), in Portland. Details of the projects, being facilitated under the Ministry of Education and Youth’s National...

Says Every Avenue is being Pursued to Ensure the Safe Return of Jamaican Students in Ukraine Prime Minister Andrew Holness has condemned the invasion of Ukraine and says every avenue is being pursued to ensure the safe return of Jamaican students in Ukraine. The Prime Minister said his latest update is that there are currently 27 students remaining in Ukraine...

The Government has budgeted $60 million for activities under the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) project, which seeks to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate change. The money was allotted in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which began in February 2015 and is slated to end in June 2022, is...

A sum of $710.2 million is earmarked to continue work under the Government’s Global Services Skills Project, during fiscal year 2022/23. Details of the provision are outlined in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which commenced in January 2019 and is being implemented by Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), aims to promote growth in...