The 2004/05 financial year saw significant strides being made in the enhancement of the regulatory framework of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) with the introduction of and amendments to several...

Acting Managing Director of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Milverton Reynolds is predicting that the 2006/07 financial year will be a very profitable one for the JMB. "We really expect...

Changes to transfer tax rates on estates at death, become effective tomorrow (June 1), as announced by Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies during his budget presentation in Parliament...

The Aenon Town All-age School in North Clarendon has been expanded at a cost of $10.2 million, by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). At a ceremony held on March...

Executive Chairman of Air Jamaica, Dr. Vincent Lawrence has assured that the company's fleet would soon return to full strength, enabling the national carrier to once again provide the kind...

The year 2004 was a very good one for the country's export sector, with earnings from traditional exports increasing by 24.3 per cent from US$800.5 million to US$995.4 million, while...

Dr. Vincent Lawrence, chairman of the Urban Development Corporation, will lead a nine-member board, which has been appointed by the government, to lead the restructuring of national airline, Air Jamaica,...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies has said that while the Jamaican Government was committed to having a national airline, it would not take back total control of Air...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has emphasized that the government was totally committed to the future of Air Jamaica, as it was playing a critical role in...

The Crop Research and Development and the Plant Protection programmes in the Ministry of Agriculture have received $6 million for research activities. The allotment was made in the 2004/05 Estimates...

The National Solid Waste Management Project has been allocated $75 million in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project seeks to: improve the management...