Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Honourable Audley Shaw, has commended Scotiabank Jamaica on the launch, yesterday (October 12), of its $500 million facility for small and medium...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon Audley Shaw, met Thursday (October 8) with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, in Madrid, where he encouraged increased...

Speaking on behalf of the Caribbean region at the 98th Meeting of the Committee of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Madrid, Spain, today (October...

Government is seeking to create a trust to make more funds available to the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB). Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, said that the move will enable students...

The Jamaica Tertiary Education Foundation is to be launched soon, Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, told students attending a Town Hall Meeting at the Mona Campus of the University...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Honourable Audley Shaw, this morning (October 7), thanked the World Bank for extending a US$15 million loan for the Rural Economic Development Initiative...

Effective Monday (October 5), the Registrar General's Department (RGD) will be making adjustments to some of its fees. The move comes as the Agency seeks to sustain its operations and...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has predicted inflation in the range of 10-12% or lower this year, due to exchange rate stability and moderate international...

Opposition spokesman on finance, Dr. Omar Davies, has said that the Opposition stands ready to work with the Government during the current economic crisis, but not without conditions. "This co-operation...

The Financial Secretary, Dr. Wesley Hughes, has dismissed suggestions that Jamaica's team negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is technically weak. "Together we have over 100 years' combined experience...

The Government's Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure, which was tabled in Parliament last week, is credible, technically sound and able to stand the scrutiny of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This...