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Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Colin Bullock, addresses Tuesday’s (August 27) quarterly media briefing at the Institute’s New Kingston offices.

Mining, Quarrying and Construction Main Growth Sectors Last Quarter

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 28, 2013

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that mining, quarrying and construction were the main sectors recording growth during the April to June quarter. Director General of the PIOJ,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (2nd left), shares a light conversation with (from left): Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter; International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Team Chief to Jamaica, Jan Kees Martijn; and IMF Resident Representative in Jamaica, Dr. Bert van Selm, during Thursday’s (August 22) media briefing, jointly hosted by the Finance Ministry and the Mission, in Kingston. Details of the country’s just concluded first quarter performance review, under the four-year IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF), were outlined.

IMF Mission Team Satisfied with Implementation of Economic Programme

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 22, 2013

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (standing), converses with Deputy Governors, Gayon Hosin (left), and John Robinson, following the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing at the institution’s downtown Kingston offices on August 21.

BOJ says Jamaica has Met Monetary Targets Under IMF

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 22, 2013

Finance & Public Service 12 years ago Re-Building Confidence Critical – Finance Minister
By: Douglas McIntosh, August 26, 2013
Finance & Public Service 12 years ago Finance Minister to Review Unemployment Figures With STATIN
By: Latonya Linton, August 22, 2013
Finance & Public Service 12 years ago BOJ Reports Lower Than Forecasted Inflation For July Quarter
By: Douglas McIntosh, August 22, 2013

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12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Economy Records Modest Growth for July to September

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, is projecting modest economic growth of one per cent growth for the July to September quarter. This forecast, he says, is based on...

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 22, 2013

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (right), emphasizes a point while speaking at the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing at the institution’s downtown Kingston offices on August 21. Listening keenly is Deputy Governor, John Robinson.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Government Confident of Passing IMF Test

The Government is moving ahead with implementing reform measures, even as it remains confident that Jamaica will pass its first quarterly performance review, which is currently being conducted by an...

By: Latonya Linton, August 22, 2013

Chairman of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Joseph Matalon, addresses the media launch of the fifth annual Caribbean Micro Finance Forum, at the Bank’s Oxford Road offices in Kingston, on August 19). Country Representative, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones (seated left), and Charge d’Affaires, Delegation of the European Union, Cesar Valor Arge (right), also brought greetings at the launch.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

DBJ Disburses $1.2 Billion to MSME Sector in 2012

Last year the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) committed and disbursed over $1.2 billion to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, covering 200 small and medium sized business...

By: Alphea Saunders, August 19, 2013

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

DBJ Confident Venture Capital Programme Will Be Sustainable

Officials of the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) are confident that current efforts, led by the institution, to establish a sustainable venture capital industry, will be successful. This optimism is...

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 15, 2013

Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Chairman, Joseph Matalon (centre), emphasizes a point during Wednesday’s (August 14) media briefing at the institution’s New Kingston offices, where he outlined details of developments pertaining to the Jamaica Venture Capital Programme’s (JVCP) implementation, being undertaken by the DBJ; and the upcoming conference in September, where the initiative is slated to be launched. Listening keenly are DBJ Managing Director, Milverton Reynolds (left); and JVCP Co-ordinator and Manager, Audrey Richards.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Jamaica Venture Capital Programme to be Launched in September

The Jamaica Venture Capital Programme (JVCP) is to be launched on September 9, during a special conference being hosted by the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), at the Jamaica Pegasus...

By: Douglas McIntosh, August 15, 2013

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke (third left), addressing the media launch of a financial markets symposium and fair, at the offices of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) on August 8. Pictured (from left) are: Acting Director, Public Relations, Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), Tony Morrison; Town Clerk for the KSAC, Errol Greene; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Jamaica Deposit Insurance Corporation (JDIC), Antoinette McKain; and JDIC’s Manager, Corporate Communications, Marjorie McGrath. The event, which will be held in downtown Kingston from August 29 to 31, is being organised by the JDIC in partnership with the BoJ, Financial Services Commission (FSC), Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and the KSAC.

12 years ago Finance & Public ServiceLocal Government

Financial Markets Symposium and Fair for Downtown Kingston

Downtown Kingston will host a major financial markets symposium and fair which is aimed at boosting the ordinary citizen’s knowledge and involvement in the financial system. The event, which is...

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 8, 2013

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, pilots Bill which seeks to regularize measures already in place, and make the revenue measures that were introduced on April 1, permanent. It was passed in the Senate on July 31.

12 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliamentSenate

Senate Approves Bill to Make Revenue Measures Permanent

A Bill to regularize measures already in place, and make the revenue measures that were introduced as at April 1 permanent, was passed in the Senate on July 31. The...

By: Latonya Linton, August 1, 2013

12 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliament

House Passes Income Tax (Amendment) Act

The House of Representatives, on July 30, passed the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013, to regularise measures already in place, and make permanent, the revenue measures that were introduced as...

By: Alphea Saunders, July 31, 2013