Twenty Jamaicans will benefit from the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre’s (CCIC) J$18.7-million (US$149,000) entrepreneurial mentorship programme, which is providing assistance to over 200 persons across the region. The programme, which...

For the 2016/17 fiscal year, the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA), through microfinance organisations (MFOs), disbursed a total of $143.58 million to finance 1,396 microenterprises. The figures have been included...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is encouraging the public to utilise the information in the commercial bank survey, which was published on Friday, December 8. The survey, which uncovered the...

Country Manager for the Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones, says the region must take a more inclusive and environmentally sustainable approach to improve competitiveness in the...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the Government is paving the way for the growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, which now employs...

The First Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year, which reflect an increase of $89.9 billion, was approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday (December 6). Tabled in the...

The Government is to commence review of the 2007 National Transport Policy (NTP) during the 2018/2019 financial year. Director of the Projects Unit in the Transport and Mining Ministry, Tanya...

Members of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) are now deliberating the First Supplementary Estimates for the 2017/18 financial year. It will then be debated in the House of...