The Government is committed to "positioning our economy to take full advantage of the eventual upturn in the global economy", said Finance and the Public Service Minister, Audley Shaw. He...

The Government is preparing a medium-term strategy for public sector labour relations in order to manage wages, sustain and improve the quality of the public workforce, and increase workforce efficiency....

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, has called on the board and management of the Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank to consider broadening its client base to include persons involved...

Acting Assistant Commissioner of Taxpayer Services, Venice Ricketts, is imploring self-employed and small business operators to utilize the services offered by the Special Taxpayer Service Programme. Speaking with JIS News,...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies has reiterated that there would be no wage freeze when the next memorandum of understanding (MOU) is signed between government and public...

The second staging of the Ministry of Finance and Planning's annual quiz competition got underway yesterday (January 24), as two teams comprising staff members from the Ministry's Public Enterprise and...

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...