Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, said the government will be focused on reducing the debt burden in order to achieve sustained economic growth and foster investment...

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. A.J. Nicholson, has recommended that regulations will have to be drafted to accompany the proposed legislation for campaign financing. "Looking through the...

Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Dr. Wesley Hughes, has underscored the need for inclusiveness in the implementation of the National Development Plan, Vision 2030 Jamaica, to ensure the...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, is advocating adoption of the Build Own Lease (BOL) model in financing critical infrastructure and development projects locally. He said the...

Financial Secretary, Dr. Wesley Hughes, has underscored the need for citizens to pay their taxes and for these resources to be prudently managed, in ensuring attainment of the goals and...

More than 150 stakeholders will, over the next two days, participate in a country assessment and national prioritisation workshop on the National Development Plan, Vision 2030 Jamaica. The participants include...

The World Bank has proposed a pension model for Jamaica, which includes a gradual increase in the retirement age; the use of the average final five years instead of the...

The 2012/13 Estimates of Expenditure will be tabled in the House of Representatives on May 10, Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, disclosed on April 4, at  the Jamaica...

Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is urging students, who benefitted from the Financial Education in Schools programme, to used the knowledge gained to save and become more...

The Estimates of Expenditure for the 2012/13 financial year will be tabled in May, 2012. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips on Wednesday...

Jamaica and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will continue discussions during the Spring Meetings of the Fund, scheduled for April 20 to 22, in Washington, D.C., United States. The deliberations...