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Tax Administration and Jamaica Customs to Improve Efficiencies

By: Douglas McIntosh, March 7, 2019

The principal revenue collection agencies, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), will be implementing strategies aimed at improving efficiencies during the new financial year. This is according...

General Manager of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank, Courtney Wynter, discusses the changes to mortgage insurance.

JMB Makes Changes to Mortgage Indemnity Insurance Plan

By: Colleen Dawkins, March 6, 2019

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, tables the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 14.

Explaining the Budget

By: Tracey Thompson, March 4, 2019

Budget 2019/2020 7 years ago Self-Financing Public Bodies Show $71.9 Billion for Capital Budget in 2019/20
Budget 2019/2020 7 years ago Services Sector Project Receives $27 Million
By: Ainsworth Morris, March 1, 2019
Finance & Public Service 7 years ago Finance Minister Tables Microcredit Bill
By: Chris Patterson, February 27, 2019

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Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds (left), converses with (from left): Jamaica Venture Capital Programme Coordinator, Audrey Richards: Inter-American Development Bank Chief of Operations, Adrianna La Valley; and Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President, Howard Mitchell, during Wednesday’s (February 27) launch of the 2019 National Business Model Competition for tertiary institutions, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

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$34 Billion Raised Under Jamaica Venture Capital Programme

A total of $34 billion (approximately US$265 million) was raised over the last four years from equity fund investments facilitated under the Jamaica Venture Capital Programme (JVCP). The JVCP was...

By: Douglas McIntosh, February 27, 2019

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Finance Minister Endorses Launch of ACEJ

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has endorsed the launch of the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Jamaica (ACEJ), which is geared towards enhancing...

By: Ainsworth Morris, February 27, 2019

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon Ruel Reid, addresses journalists at a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at the Office of the Prime Minister on February 27.

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Cabinet Approves Increase for Pensioners

Cabinet has given approval for increases to be granted to government pensioners. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said details will be provided in the...

By: Latonya Linton, February 27, 2019

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PIOJ Gets Additional $60 Million for Technical Cooperation Project

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will receive an additional $60 million to continue work on the Technical Cooperation Facility VI (TCF VI) in the new fiscal year. This is...

By: Douglas McIntosh, February 26, 2019

Director of Enforcement at the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Noel Bacquie, speaks at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently. At right is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the BGLC, Vitus Evans.

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Keeping Crime Out of Gaming Industry Major Focus of BGLC

Keeping crime out of the gaming industry is a major focus of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), says Director of Enforcement at the BGLC, Noel Bacquie. Speaking at...

By: Tomeica Gunn, February 26, 2019

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Climate Change Resilience Project Gets $703 Million

A sum of $703.7 million has been budgeted for 2019/2020 to increase Jamaica’s resilience to climate change, through enhancing adaptive capacity across priority sectors. Details of the project are outlined...

By: Chris Patterson, February 26, 2019

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, emphasises a point while addressing journalists at the Central Bank’s quarterly media briefing at the BOJ Auditorium in downtown Kingston on Thursday (February 21).

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Low Inflation of 2.3 % in January 2019

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that inflation fell to 2.3 per cent in January 2019. The decline is the second consecutive out-turn falling below the four to...

By: Douglas McIntosh, February 22, 2019

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BOJ Governor says Macroeconomic Prospects Remain Positive

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, says the country’s macroeconomic prospects “remain positive as the indicators and outputs continue to show signs of recovery. “Foreign reserves are above the...

By: Douglas McIntosh, February 22, 2019

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