Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has described the 1.1 per cent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for the April to June quarter as “pretty...

Jamaica’s current account has recorded a surplus of US$116.3 million for the January to March 2016 quarter. Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, said preliminary Balance...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, says he intends to table a Bill in Parliament to restore incentives under the Junior Stock Exchange. Speaking at a Jamaica...

Public-sector medical consultants have signed a Heads of Agreement with the Government for the 2015/2017 contract period. Under the two-year wage agreement, they will receive a four per cent salary...

The Government of Jamaica has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to host Latin America and the Caribbean’s largest annual entrepreneurship and microfinance conference in Montego Bay, St. James,...

A sum of US$1.4 million has been allocated to eGov Jamaica Limited for institutional strengthening, in becoming the implementer of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions for the Government. The...

The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) and the Government have signed for certain fringe benefits peculiar to central government workers, under a Heads of Agreement for the contract period 2015/2017....

Public-sector nurse practitioners are the latest group of healthcare professionals to sign the Heads of Agreement with the Government for the 2015/2017 contract period. At a ceremony held at the...