Two additional shelters for abused women are to be established during the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, told JIS News that approximately...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says establishment of the Fiscal Council will seek to further institutionalise economic independence by strengthening Jamaica’s Fiscal Responsibility...

The Government is to forgo $14.032 billion in taxes as part of measures to stimulate greater business and economic activity and boost growth. This is contained in the Revenue Measures...

The Government has announced a 25 per cent increase in the allocation for major social protection programmes, moving from $16 billion in 2018/19 to $20 billion in 2019/20. These include...

The principal revenue collection agencies, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), will be implementing strategies aimed at improving efficiencies during the new financial year. This is according...

The 2019/20 capital expenditure budget for the 56 Self-Financing Public Bodies (SFPB) is projected at $71.9 billion. The sum is $13.5 billion more than the figure for 2018/19, which totalled...

The Government is projecting gross earnings of US$3.6 billion from the tourism industry for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, told the Standing Finance Committee of...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the funds provided to municipal councillors to assist needy students with back-to-school preparations will be increased in the 2019/2020...