In structuring and executing the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX), the single most important success factor was to get all major stakeholders to agree on what would constitute its ultimate success....

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) is predicting that the country will achieve single-digit inflation in 2010/11, following gains made in the final quarter of 2009/10, which ended in March. At...

Agreement for a US$2.3 million (J$211.3 million) grant for a community-based Landslide Risk Reduction Project in Jamaica, was signed Thursday (May 6) between the Government of Jamaica, the World Bank...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, said that the Government is satisfied that the partnership with Caribbean Airlines meets the objectives of the Air Jamaica Divestment...

The deadline for the payment of property tax for the 2010/11 period has been pushed back to June 30, to allow persons additional time to make payments. The Inland Revenue...

Outgoing Managing Director of the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank, Mrs. Pamella McLean, was honoured yesterday (April 28), at a cocktail reception, held at the Alhambra Inn, in Kingston. Mrs. McLean,...

The Bill to legislate casino gaming in Jamaica has been sent to King's House for the Governor-General's signature following passage in both Houses of Parliament in March. In an exclusive...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, has again called for the lowering of interest rates to single digits, to boost production within the Jamaican economy. "We...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, said today (April 22), that he was pleased at the broad support he has received from members of the private...

Figures produced by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) have shown that inflation slowed in March to 0.5 per cent, compared with 1.4 per cent in January and 2.2 per...

In an important study just released, the independent Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has strongly endorsed the Government's debt exchange programme, saying "the Jamaica Debt Exchange has turned an unsustainable...