By the end of May 2016, some 300 tertiary students across the region would have benefitted from a total of 13 exchange tours to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states. The...

Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Mission Team to Jamaica, Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan, has welcomed the Government’s implementation of the amended personal income tax threshold, describing it as...

The Government is expected to commence negotiations for public sector salaries for the 2017/19 contract period later this year. This was announced by Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley...

Jamaica was the largest beneficiary of the US$4.8 billion in approved loans and grants disbursed by the CDB between 1970 and 2015, having received US$781 million or 16.4 per cent...

Jamaica is on course for a 12th drawdown, totalling US$80 million, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The country has met all targets under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for...

President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Warren Smith, says  member countries have agreed to quicken the pace of economic reforms in order to achieve growth and poverty reduction,...

Regional heads and other dignitaries attending the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 46th annual Board of Governors meeting in Montego Bay, St. James, are hailing the Government and people of Jamaica...

Chief Executive Officer of United Nations (UN) Sustainable Energy for All, Rachel Kyte, says her organisation is ready to partner with Caribbean governments and institutions in securing a clean, affordable...