The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) has extended the deadline for gaming operators to renew their licences to May 31, 2020. Manager for Corporate Affairs and Communications at the...

Market vendors, taxi men, barbers and hairdressers, among others in the informal sector who are hard hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19), are to benefit from financial support. Minister of Finance...

Registration for the Transformation Implementation Unit’s (TIU) second annual Public Sector Debating Competition remains open. Communication Lead at the TIU, Anneke Clarke, told JIS News that registration was originally scheduled...

The Third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for the current fiscal year (2019/2020), which make provisions for additional spending in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, was approved in the...

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced measures aimed at maintaining order in the financial system, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Governor, Richard Byles, who noted that Jamaica’s...

President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Keith Duncan, is commending the Government on the fiscal package put in place to help those who will be impacted by...

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor, Richard Byles, says the policy rate offered on overnight placements by deposit-taking institutions (DTIs) will remain unchanged at 0.50 per cent. This comes as the...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners that all pension vouchers with payable dates of April 2020, that they will be able to...