Starting this September, beneficiaries of the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) who apply to the Students’ Loans Bureau (SLB) will not need guarantors to support their applications....

The Government will be establishing a $1-billion Jamaica Screen Fund to provide financing for the development and production of film and television (TV) shows in the country. Opening the 2023/24...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda, will announce an increase in the minimum wage in April. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service,...

The Fourth Supplementary Estimates for fiscal year 2022/23 were approved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Feb. 28), pushing budgeted expenditure to approximately $1.002 trillion. Included are net incremental...

Widening and dualisation of Grange Lane in St. Catherine will continue during the 2023/24 fiscal year with an allocation of $878 million. The sum is contained in the 2023/24 Estimates...

The Government’s Electronic Land Titling project is to continue in the upcoming fiscal year from an allocation of $160 million. The project aims to improve the efficiency of the land...

Work is to continue on the Montego Bay Perimeter Road in St. James, from an allocation of $7.2 billion. The sum is contained in the 2023/24 Estimates of Expenditure, now...

An allocation of $22.1 billion has been made to continue work on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project in the upcoming fiscal year. The sum has been budgeted in the...