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Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, addresses the opening ceremony of the 10th Annual Caribbean Group of Securities Regulators' (CGSR) Conference and Workshop on November 6, at the Hylton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in St. James.

Gov’t Presents Budget of $539.35 Billion

By: Godfrey Barnes, April 3, 2014

The Government has presented a budget of $539.35 billion for 2014/15, with $404.654 billion earmarked for Recurrent (house-keeping) expenses and $134.698 billion for Capital (development) spending. This represents an increase...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips addressing parliament. (FILE)

Government Presents Budget April 3

By: Godfrey Barnes, March 31, 2014

Civil Servant of the Year 2013, Enthrose Campbell (right), teaching Spanish lessons to a group of Custom Officers, on March 26 at the corporate offices of the Jamaica Customs Agency, in downtown Kingston.

Customs Officers Benefit From Free Spanish Lessons

By: Garfield L. Angus, March 28, 2014

Budget 2014/2015 12 years ago $1 Billion for Fiscal Administration Modernization Programme
By: Douglas McIntosh, April 7, 2014
Budget 2014/2015 12 years ago Funding For Implementation of JAMTAX
By: Douglas McIntosh, April 7, 2014
Budget 2014/2015 12 years ago $102 Million to Advance Electronic Procurement Process
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12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Finance & Public ServiceParliament

Public Sector Transformation Project Gets $10 Million

The Government’s Strategic Public Sector Transformation Project is slated for implementation over the next 12 months. A total of $10 million has been earmarked for the undertaking in the 2014/15...

By: Douglas McIntosh, April 7, 2014

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Finance & Public ServiceLabour

$278.9 Million Allocated to Continue Public Sector Modernization Programme

The Government has set aside $278.9 million in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which have been tabled in the House of Representatives, to continue the Public Sector Modernisation Programme, this...

By: Garfield Angus, April 7, 2014

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Finance & Public Service

$18 Million Allocation for Rural Water Development

An allocation of just over $18 million has been set aside in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to further undertake activities under the Water...

By: Chris Patterson, April 6, 2014

12 years ago Budget 2014/2015Finance & Public Service

$4 Billion Budgeted for Major Infrastructure Development

The Major Infrastructure for Development Programme has received an allocation of $4 billion in the 2014/15 Estimates of Expenditure, which are now before Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee. The project seeks...

By: Latonya Linton, April 6, 2014

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (left) accepts his ‘Team Jamaica Valucard’ from Director, Epayment Group Limited, Khary Robinson during the official launch of the initiative at the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) offices in Kingston on March 25. Looking on is Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Helene Davis-Whyte. Under the programme the participating merchants are asked to provide a reward discount to team Jamaica cardholders who spend at their businesses. The reward earned will go directly to the card and can be used at any participating merchant.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

PSOJ Launches Civil Servant Discount Card

By year-end, an initial batch of 120,000 public sector workers will benefit from a discount and rewards programme being offered by several local companies. Dubbed: ‘Team Jamaica Valucard’, the programme,...

By: Chris Patterson, March 27, 2014

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

GCT Act To Be Amended

Amendments to the General Consumption Tax (GCT) Act are expected to be tabled in the House by June 2014. The main objectives of the reform of the GCT Act are...

By: Latonya Linton, March 26, 2014

Acting Commissioner General, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Ainsley Powell, emphasises a point while addressing the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) President’s Breakfast Forum at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston, on Tuesday (March 25).

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

Tax Administration Reviewing Business Hours and Services

Acting Commissioner General of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Ainsley Powell, says the agency is seeking to review its business hours, and the service it provides to clients at its tax...

By: Douglas McIntosh, March 25, 2014

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

More Delinquent Tax Payers Taken to Court

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting a 43 per cent increase in the number of delinquent tax payers taken before the court this financial year, as the agency ramps up...

By: Oroyo Eubanks, March 25, 2014

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