The Government has allocated $35.5 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure to continue activities under the Public Sector Transformation Programme. The Estimates were tabled in the House of Representatives...

A sum of $651 million has been allocated to the Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project, which...

The Jamaica Business Taxation Reform (JAMTAX) has been given $15.7 million in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to improve the regulatory,...

A sum of $14.98 million is to be spent this year on the continued development of a National Identification System (NIDS) for Jamaica. The money has been made available in...

A total of $361.58 million has been earmarked for a project aimed at promoting safer sex practices among groups at high risk for HIV transmission. The allocation, to the HIV...

Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says lower commodity prices saved the country US$911 million last year. “That is a tremendous number (which has) percolated through...

Ian Wood, an Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) expert affiliated to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), met with Finance Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw and his technical teams from...

Jamaica’s current account balance deficit fell by US$656.8 million for the first nine months of the 2015/16 fiscal year, ending December 2015, compared to the same period last year. Co-Chairman...