The total number of employed persons increased by 14,400 to 1,219,700 as at October 2018, relative to the corresponding period in 2017. This is according to the Statistical Institute of...

The Citizen Security and Justice Programme III is set to receive a cash injection of $1.4 billion to carry out its work in the new fiscal year. Details of the...

A sum of $10 million has been budgeted by the Government to strengthen the policy, legislative and institutional framework that guides the management and treatment of involuntary returned migrants to...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy grew by an estimated 1.7 per cent over the October to December 2018 quarter, as against 1.8 percentage points...

The Government has set aside $578 million for the continuation of projects under the Public Sector Modernisation Programme (PSMP) II, in the next fiscal year. Funding details are outlined in...

Entertainment events contributed some $71 billion to the Jamaican economy between 2012 and 2016, with 1.9 million people employed in various positions. This was noted by Senior Lecturer of the...

A total of $161 million is earmarked to continue work by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service next fiscal year to construct and renovate several tax offices islandwide....

Work to further build out phase two of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II) will continue this year with a $379-million budgetary allocation. This is contained in the...