Chief Economist at the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Everton McFarlane, says the 2015/16 budget is a growth supporting budget. Speaking on the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) Issues and Answers...

A sum of $51 million has been allocated in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure, now before Parliament, to continue development of the Electronic Government Procurement system. The project, which commenced...

The project, being implemented by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), aims to improve the regulatory, institutional, and administrative framework for business taxation, by reforming the tax appeal process and legislative framework....

Research is being undertaken by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to address the issue of youth unemployment in the region. The announcement was made by Director of Economics at the...

The Government requires $8.5 billion in additional revenues to fill a gap in the 2015/16 Estimates of Expenditure of $641.6 billion, tabled in the House of Representatives on Thursday (February...

A budget of $641.56 billion has been presented by the Government for the fiscal year 2015/16, with $432.57 billion earmarked for recurrent (housekeeping) expenses and $208.98 billion for capital (development)...

Fitch Ratings today revised the outlook for Jamaica from “Stable” to “Positive" and reaffirmed the country’s long term foreign currency and local currency Issuer Default Ratings(IDR) at ‘B-’ and the...

Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies has been hailed for strengthening regulation of the financial sector and improving the Jamaica’s economic competitiveness. Former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson said...