KINGSTON — The development of strategies to protect domestic workers' rights, and the creation of a gender-sensitive checklist, which will provide recognition, and labour and social protection for these workers,...

KINGSTON — A major step towards a strategy critical to discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the current Standby Agreement (SBA) was how Financial Secretary, Dr Wesley Hughes,...

KINGSTON — Government is offering food exporters a special loan of $100 million and  general assistance, to bring their operations up to standard to meet the new United States (US)...

Focus will be placed on the vulnerability of migrant domestic workers when a two-day Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) is convened in Jamaica, beginning Wednesday, September 7, 2011...

KINGSTON — The FINSAC Commission of Enquiry is expected to recall former Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, when it resumes sitting. This was confirmed Thursday September 1...

Between January and June this year, major crimes in Jamaica (murder, shooting, rape, carnal abuse, robbery, break-ins and larceny) declined by 12.6 percent, compared to the similar period in 2010....

KINGSTON — The proposed reformation of  the tax policy and its administration by the Government is expected to significantly enhance the convenience with which business is facilitated, thereby resulting in...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) widely regarded as a critical barometer of investor confidence, recorded increases in all its indices for the June 2011 quarter, relative to the...

KINGSTON — Country Representative for the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), Ancile Brewster, says that the Government has a good chance of successfully reforming the tax system “We think so,...

KINGSTON — Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Bryan Wynter, says that the downgrade of the United States' credit rating, and the debt crisis in the Euro area, have...

KINGSTON — The domestic economy is estimated to register real growth in the range of one to two per cent for the June 2011 quarter, Governor of the Bank of...