Executive Director at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica, BSJ, Velton Gooden, says a targeted approach will be used in redefining the role of the institution. She was speaking in St. Andrew last evening at the launch of a public relations campaign designed to raise...
President of the Realtors Association of Jamaica, Newton Johnson, says the government needs to offer better tax incentives to local housing developers. Mr. Johnson says the current policies and loans for developers are not as attractive as needed. Mr. Johnson says...
Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, JCC, Larry Watson, is calling for enhancements to the Jamaica Eye surveillance programme, as one way to deter some of the more brazen crimes such as the robbery of vehicle couriers transporting large sums of...
After months of wrangling and following a controversial online vote last Thursday, the Jamaica Police Federation has finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the government under the compensation review exercise. Finance Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke says...
More than 2,000 counselling sessions have been delivered by counsellors on the U-Matter Mental Health Chatline in the one year since its inception. U-Matter was launched in March last year by the Health and Wellness Ministry in collaboration with the United Nations...
Minister of Finance and Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke says the more than 300 pay scales, that existed in the civil service, have been significantly reduced under the public sector compensation review programme. The Finance Minister says more than 95% of public...
President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, PSOJ, Metry Seaga, says public sector efficiency must now increase as the government wraps up the compensation review exercise. Mr. Seaga was speaking on Nationwide@5 last evening. Mr. Seaga says the government...
President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica, PSOJ, Metry Seaga, says the Finance Minister's reference to Opposition Leader Mark Golding as 'Massa Mark', was not a good representation of the country. Metry Seaga, President of the Private Sector Organization...
Finance Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, has rubbished the Opposition's attack on the government's debt reduction priorities. Mr. Golding, during his presentation last week, accused the government of attempting to prematurely reduce the country's debt. He says this came at...
Minister of Finance, Dr Nigel Clarke, says rank and file members of the Constabulary have signalled their intention to accept the government's latest wage offer. The Finance Minister says more than 95-per cent of public sector workers have now indicated acceptance of...