Data from a Household Expenditure Survey (HES) to be conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) this year, and which will form the basis of the Consumer Price Index...

Eighteen community-based organisations and civil society groups have been awarded grants totalling $84.92 million to implement climate change adaptation and resilience-building projects across the island. The grant awards, of up...

The Economic Growth Council (EGC) has engaged the service of Israeli Bonds Director, Gideon Sitterman, to assist with the Government’s undertaking to lobby greater Jamaican Diaspora support for the country’s...

The Economic Growth Council (EGC) has endorsed the Government’s public sector transformation programme. Deputy Chairman, Ambassador Dr. Nigel Clarke, describes it as an undertaking that will serve to enhance growth....

Economic Growth Council (EGC) member, Adam Stewart, says Jamaica stands to benefit from over US$3 billion in investment projects up to 2019, which will create over 25,000 new jobs, with...

The Economic Growth Council (EGC) will be placing particular focus on developing measures to improve national security and the business environment. This was disclosed by the entity’s Chairman, Michael Lee-Chin,...

Twelve additional areas of forests, totalling 1,862.74 hectares, are to be declared as forest reserves. This follows approval of the Forest Reserves Orders during Tuesday’s (Jan. 24) sitting of the...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is urging persons to support its household expenditure survey (HES), as information obtained will be strictly confidential. “All of our interviewers and all our...