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Technical Specialist at Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ), Monica Walker (2nd left), engages in discussion with (from left): Director of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlette; President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Loven McCook; and Tax Education Manager at the Mandeville Branch of TAJ, Andrew Hyman. Occasion was a meeting with members of the Manchester chamber held on September 5, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville.
Technical Specialist at Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ), Monica Walker (2nd left), engages in discussion with (from left): Director of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlette; President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Loven McCook; and Tax Education Manager at the Mandeville Branch of TAJ, Andrew Hyman. Occasion was a meeting with members of the Manchester chamber held on September 5, at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville.

Fiscal Incentives Regime to Boost Business

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 8, 2014
Director of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlette, says that the Government’s new fiscal incentives regime is aimed at fostering the development of business in...
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (second right), addresses the signing ceremony for three loans totalling US$105 million between Jamaica and the World Bank, at the bank’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on September 3. Others (from right) are: World Bank Country Director for Jamaica, Sophia Sirtiane; World Bank Alternate Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean, Janet Harris; Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie and Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter.

Jamaica and World Bank Sign US$105 Million Loans

By: Derrick Scott, Information Attache (Jamaican Embassy, USA), September 4, 2014
Head of the Executive Agencies Monitoring Unit at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Owen McKnight, makes a point during an interview with JIS News. Mr. McKnight has given more than 17 years of selfless service to the public sector, having been serving since 1997.

Dedicated Public Servant Hails Executive Agency Model, Wants More Established

By: Latonya Linton, September 3, 2014

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BGLC Establishes Education Fund

The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has established an Education Fund as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme, as it prepares to move its offices from Ruthven Road...
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By: The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, August 27, 2014