The income tax threshold for all Pay As You Earn (PAYE) workers will be increased from $592,800 to $1.5 million, to be implemented in two phases. As a result, some...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, says the National Housing Trust (NHT) is expected to spend $23.6 billion on housing and other capital expenditure this year....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has indicated that the focus this financial year is on adopting strategies geared towards achieving the primary surplus target of...

A commitment to protect the most vulnerable in the society has been given by Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw. Opening the 2016/17 Budget Debate in the House,...

The 2016/17 budget of $579.9 billion is to be financed through a mix of revenue, grants, loans and inflows from the PetroCaribe Development Fund. This was revealed by Minister of...

A Government team is monitoring the United States-based mining entity, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NAHC), that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. NAHC is the parent company of St. Ann-based...

The Government is to construct a banana and plantain processing plant at the All Island Banana Growers Association’s (AIBGA) premises at Trinity in St. Mary. Some $143 million has been...

A sum of $798.7 million has been allocated to carry out infrastructural works to several office buildings of agencies of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. The money has been...