Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, says the length of time that the negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has taken, has nothing to do with the competence of...

The Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have brokered an agreement on key elements of a US$1.3 billion Standby Loan Arrangement (SBA) for budgetary support for the economy, Finance...

The total cost of debt servicing (interest and amortization) during 2009/10 is 103% of the Government's total revenue and grants, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon. Audley...

Government will have to impose new taxes upon signing of the IMF agreement as a part of the measures to contain expenditure and increase revenue. Speaking on a radio and...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has said that the pending International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement, will not be a panacea for Jamaica's economic problems. Giving the main address at...

Cabinet has instructed the Chief Parliamentary Counsel to develop new regulations under the Financial Administration and Audit (FAA) Act, to replace the existing Financial Management Regulations of 1996. Minister with...

Fifty eight civil servants have completed training in Results-Based Management (RBM), following two one-week training workshops hosted by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), at its Oxford Road office, New...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has said that his Ministry is widening the Development Bank of Jamaica's (DBJ) credit window to facilitate lending to farmers...

Minister of State for Finance and the Public Service, Senator the Hon. Arthur Williams, has announced that increases in Government pension will be paid in January 2010. He made this...

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to arrive in the island today (December 10) to continue talks with the Government towards the US$1.2 billion standby facility...

The Government notes the recent press statement from the Opposition spokesman on Justice concerning issues relating to the absence of lawyers from the Attorney General's office as advisors to the...