The Government has allocated $150 million in the 2020/2021 Budget to establish a United Nations House in downtown Kingston. The United Nations House will be located at Block 11, 14-16...

The Government has presented a Budget of $852.7 billion, with $778.4 billion allocated for Recurrent (housekeeping) expenses and $74.2 billion for Capital (development) projects. Details of the projections are outlined...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is currently conducting the first ever Global Services Sector (GSS) survey. The study began on January 20 in all parishes and will run until...

The Government is implementing several measures to supply communities with water islandwide during the current period of drought. The Meteorological Service Branch has projected that the country will be experiencing...

The Patents and Designs Bill, which is aimed at modernising Jamaica’s intellectual property regime, was passed in the Senate on Wednesday (January 23). Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says Jamaica is poised to enter a period of sustainable economic growth as evidenced by, among other things, extensive investments in infrastructure developments...

Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica STATIN), Carol Coy, says the ‘Clerks’ occupation group accounted for the largest increase in employment recorded in the October 2019 Labour Force...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the 2019 calendar year inflation, rounded out at 6.2 per cent. This, following a 0.5 per cent outturn for December, Director...