KINGSTON — Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon Audley Shaw, will later this week sign two loans, totaling US$ 198 million, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to improve the...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Finance and Planning has refuted the claim of deferment of PetroCaribe interest payments, which appeared in the Financial Gleaner on Friday, December 2, under the...

KINGSTON — Rather than exhausting itself and becoming an unsustainable drag on the national treasury, an appropriately reformed pensions regime can result in significant savings, while enhancing the security of...

KINGSTON — Jamaicans in the Diaspora have been challenged to exploit the country's potential for realising a significant share of the US billion dollar Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry. This...

KINGSTON — Premier of the Cayman Islands, Hon McKeeva Bush, is currently in Jamaica as head of a 6-member team on a study tour, lasting November 28-29. Premier Bush and...

MONTEGO BAY — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Resident Representative to Jamaica, Dr. Gene Leon, has said that his organisation is always willing and able to assist the people and...

KINGSTON — Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, says that the PIOJ is satisfied with its method of measuring poverty in Jamaica, as it...

KINGSTON — Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Audley Shaw, has urged self employed professionals to become tax compliant and file their annual income tax returns. Mr. Shaw made the...

The number of revenue agents serving the tax administration department has been boosted with the graduation of 44 agents from the Tax Audit and Revenue Administration (TARA) Post Graduate Diploma...

The Jamaican economy grew by 0.5 per cent for the July to September 2011 quarter, driven by strong performances in agriculture, mining, and utilities. With the increase in economic activity,...

KINGSTON — Mining and quarrying saw the most growth of all sectors in the economy during the July to September quarter of 2011, with an increase of 7.5 per cent....