The First Supplementary Estimates for the 2019/2020 financial year were tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (September 24), with the Administration proposing to spend an additional $50.15 billion...

Outgoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, says she is confident the country can manage its economic affairs, following the conclusion of IMF programme arrangements...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says drafting instructions are being prepared for issue to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (CPC) to facilitate the establishment of...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says the impending conclusion of Jamaica’s precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will mark a...

Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has praised Jamaica for the “remarkable” accomplishments under its financial arrangements with the Fund, which have now concluded. “Through...

President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), O’Neil Grant, says the entity will be pushing discussions on the introduction of paternity leave in Jamaica. Speaking at a JIS Think...

Public-sector workers are poised to receive new and improved benefits through the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA). Speaking at a JIS Think Tank at the agency’s regional office in Montego...

The Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) Venture Capital Unit will host the second in a series of training workshops for Business Services Intermediaries (BSIs) on September 18 at the Spanish...