Some 24 experts in the local financial sector have been awarded post-graduate certification in financial services management, following their completion of a 14-month course via the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE)...

President, Guardian Life Limited, Eric Hosin paints a section of the Promise Learning Centre located on  Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10 on May 23 during Labour Day activities at the...

In support of its objective to complete preparation of a new Medium Term Social Economic Policy Framework (MTF), as well as the development of an integrated planning, monitoring and evaluation...

The recently tabled Estimates of Expenditure 2012/13 contain some $63 million for the implementation of the Electronic Government Procurement system in Jamaica. The implementing agency is the Ministry of Finance,...

A capital provision of $294.6 million has been made to the Fiscal and Administration Modernisation Programme of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service for the 2012/13 financial...

A sum of $132 million has been earmarked to continue implementation of the Community-Based Landslide Risk Management project. This is contained in the 2012/2013 Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled...

The gross reserves at the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), at the end of March 2012, amounted to just over US$2.6 billion, representing some 17 weeks of projected goods and services...

The Bank of Jamaica is projecting that headline inflation will be within the range of 6.0 per cent to 8.0 per cent for 2012/13 financial year, largely similar to the...

The Government has put forward a budget of $612.4 billion for 2012/13, with $375 billion earmarked for Recurrent (house-keeping) expenses and $237.4 billion for Capital (development) obligations. Details of these...

Tight expenditure controls, hinged on a firm Tax Reform Programme, will be the hallmark of the government’s fiscal policy as it commences the 2012-2013 financial year. Governor-General, His Excellency, the...

A panel discussion and exposition, aimed at sensitising Jamaicans about the role of special libraries in the island, will be held Friday (April 27), at the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s...