The Government has guaranteed a US$20 million loan by the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB), as the agency seeks to increase the pool of funds available to students wishing to pursue...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, told participants in the 14th annual Americas Conference in Miami Wednesday (September 15) of initiatives being taken by the Jamaican...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says that while the reluctance of commercial banks to reduce interest rates is nothing new, the situation is most glaring...

A major road, the Christiana Development Road, is to be constructed in Manchester under the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), at a cost US$6 million (approximately J$500 million). Making the...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw says with the economy now stabilised, it is time to focus on issues of productivity, production, savings and investment in...

Companies and self-employed persons are reminded that Wednesday, September 15 is the due date to pay their 3rd quarter estimated income tax for 2010 and also that the Tax Administration...

At the beginning of the 2010/11 academic year, the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has processed some 10,000 loan applications for tertiary level students, of which only six are yet to...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has charged commercial banks to be the driving force behind the growth of the entrepreneurial sector. Minister Shaw noted during...

"An IMF team visited Kingston during August 18-27 to conduct the second review of the economic programme under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved by the Fund's Executive Board on February...

Jamaica has again met the performance targets under the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), the Fund's Mission Chief to Jamaica, Dr. Trevor Alleyne, announced Friday (August 27). Minister...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says the economy is projected to record real growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) of between 0.0...