The Senate, on Friday (March 22), approved a Bill for the establishment of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) as a semi-autonomous revenue authority. The Tax Administration Jamaica Act 2013 was piloted...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller on Wednesday, March 20, commissioned into service the New Forest/Duff House Irrigation System in Manchester which will provide a consistent and stable...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, saysthere is need for a review of the overall arrangements of the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB), to address, among other things,...

Discussions are underway involving the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the World Bank, regarding the extent of their commitments in support of the IMF programme...

Jamaica has received US$2.4 billion in funding support from Venezuela under the PetroCaribe agreement, since the facility’s establishment in 2005. Chief Executive Officer of the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF), which...

A Bill which seeks to empower the Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, to write off arrears of taxes as well as penalties determined to be...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to inject US$210 million into the Financial System Support Fund to assist institutions that may experience difficulty as a result of the National Debt...

Persons owing property taxes have been responding positively to the drive by the St. Elizabeth Parish Council to collect the outstanding amount of $870 million. This was noted by Mayor...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says the signing of an agreement with public sector unions, has provided a level of certainty in the wage bill, without...

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Public Service is to issue a circular outlining the tenets of the agreement signed with public servants to restrain wage increases over the...