Entertainment events contributed some $71 billion to the Jamaican economy between 2012 and 2016, with 1.9 million people employed in various positions. This was noted by Senior Lecturer of the...

A total of $161 million is earmarked to continue work by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service next fiscal year to construct and renovate several tax offices islandwide....

Work to further build out phase two of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II) will continue this year with a $379-million budgetary allocation. This is contained in the...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) will continue work to formulate the country’s National Policy and Plan of Action on International Migration and Development. Approximately $34.7 million is earmarked for...

The Public Sector Transformation Programme will be further boosted during the upcoming fiscal year, through a $1.32 billion allotment in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of...

The Government will, this year, commence work in earnest to strengthen the Financial Services Commission’s (FSC’s) operational and technological capacity to undertake risk-based supervision across industries it supervises. A sum...

Newly appointed Minister to the Science, Energy and Technology portfolio, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the first order of business will be promoting good governance across the Ministry. Mrs. Williams said...

For the 2019/20 Fiscal Year, the Government has presented a Budget of $803 billion, with $731 billion allocated for Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses and $72 billion for Capital (development) projects. Details...