The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced that effective Thursday (September 17), the rates offered on its Certificates of Deposit have been reduced by 100 basis points. The six-month benchmark...

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ), has issued new shaped $1 and $10 coins into circulation. Both coins, which were issued last week, bear the images of National Heroes, the Rt....

Newly appointed Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Wesley Hughes, has charged players in Jamaica's music industry, to mobilise themselves into groups, which are...

Managing Director of Sterling Asset Management, Charles Ross, has said that borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is the least painful option for Jamaica at this time. Mr. Ross,...

Head of the Bank of Jamaica's (BoJ) Currency Department, Mr. Norbert Bryan, says the new $5,000 note, to be issued on September 24, will prove challenging to be counterfeited, given...

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) is set to issue the new $5,000 note into general circulation on September 24, and will be staging a series of seminars to assist in...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, said last night that the outstanding cost to the country of co-hosting Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 has risen by...

Parliament will resume its sessions on Tuesday, September 15, and sit again on Wednesday, September 16. This was announced by Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Daryl...

The J$200 million allocated to the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP) has not been affected by the cuts in the Budget. The Development Bank of Jamaica has requested a tranche of...

Internal auditors employed in the public sector kicked off their three-day conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston Tuesday (September 8). The inaugural Government of Jamaica's Internal Auditors'...

The European Union on Tuesday granted Jamaica J$3.6 billion under the European Commission co-operation programme. This brings the total EU assistance to an estimated Euro 740 million (just under J$93...