The Government is investing in the construction and renovation of tax offices across Jamaica. The objective is to improve the ease of doing business and create more comfortable spaces for staff and clients. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, who made the disclosure while opening the 2023/24 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives...

Some 32,000 residents of Moneague and neighbouring communities in St. Ann, are now benefiting from improved health care services at the newly refurbished community health centre. The facility, upgraded at a cost of $26 million, was officially handed over by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, during a ceremony on Friday (Feb. 24). The project included...

The Government has earmarked $530 million for continued modernisation of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). The major hospital redevelopment project includes the construction of a new tower with 58 additional bed spaces, 35 neonatal cots and seven operating theatres, and the purchase of medical equipment. As contained in the 2023/2024 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House...

The Government has earmarked $365 million to continue work on the construction of the Western Children and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James, during the new financial year. Details are outlined in the 2023/2024 Estimates of Expenditure, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives. The project is aimed at building a 220-bed facility on the compound of...

Approximately $670.8 million has been budgeted by the Government to build a new tax office in Christiana, Manchester, which will replace the existing facility. The sum is earmarked in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, on Tuesday (February 14). Tax Administration Jamaica...

Some $88.776 million is to be spent on the construction of the Stony Hill Justice Centre. The project seeks to improve access to justice services by constructing a new facility that will bring restorative justice services, child diversion services and mediation close to communities. This is contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of...

The Government is to spend $20 million on renovation and upgrading works at the Clarendon Parish Court. This is contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in the House of Representatives on February 14 by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke. The rehabilitation will address the infrastructural inadequacies of the existing...