The Government will be strengthening economic diplomacy, in order to help steer the country out of the grip of the global financial crisis and lay a solid foundation for future...

Head of the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Social Sector Division, Yvonne Moses Grant, says the prevailing economic crisis presents Caribbean countries with an opportunity for creative innovative solutions to deal...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, said that the Government's economic policies have the objective of growing the economy out of debt and positioning the country on...

Another of America's leading rating agencies, Moody's, has maintained Jamaica's B (stable) rating, in its latest update issued yesterday (February 23).Moody's says: "The outlook for all ratings is stable, reflecting...

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,...

The St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation (SEHF) will be constructing a multi-skills youth training centre in Santa Cruz, and the government has committed to lease the organization some 16 hectares (40...

The National Insurance Fund (NIF) will invest J$1 Billion in the micro and small business sector over the next three years. Of this amount $650 Million is to be disbursed...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wesley Hughes, has said that as a cost saving measure, beginning this year, only the consumption component of the Survey...

Senior Citizens' Clubs in St. Thomas have launched several income generating projects to expose the versatility of the elderly in the parish. The launch, organized by the National Council for...

Remittances in excess of US$36 million have accrued to the Jamaican economy over the last three years, through the Jamaica-United States (US) Overseas Employment Programme, now in its 60th year....

Grenadian Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell has said that global changes had demonstrated that science and technology and innovation has become central to improving the economic performance of the region...