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Jul 11, 2020 Last Updated 4:20 PM, Jul 8, 2020

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FID SEIZES MILLIONS FROM PROCEEDS OF CRIME; SIX CONVICTED

GOJ receives $261 million grant from Gov’t of Japan to fight COVID-19

Students’ Loan Bureau Waives All Application and Processing Fees for Loans for 2020/21 Academic Year

IMF EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES US$520 MILLION DISBURSEMENT

Public Sector Leave Arrangements with respect to COVID-19. Click the link to read the circular!

Ministry of Finance & Public Service

The Minister of Finance & the Public Service

The Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil., MP, is Jamaica's Minister of Finance and the Public Service and is Member of Parliament for St Andrew Northwestern. ...

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50 Million USD Agreement Signed Strengthening the MSME Sector

Dr the Hon Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service and Mrs. Therese Turner-Jones, IDB country representative for Jamaica, on Friday, March 13, 2020, signed the agreement for the Boosting Innovation Growth Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme. Under the BIGEE programme, established MSMEs will be supported for innovation, growth, patent development and commercialization among others at the individual and group level at all stages of the firm cycle. (Seated right: Milverton Reynolds, Managing Director of the Development Bank of Jamaica).

Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Employers: Interim Guidance for COVID-19

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GoJ Receives USD $40M Loan to finance the Second Rural Economic Development Project

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Honourable Nigel Clarke, and World Director for the Caribbean (centre), World Bank Director for the Caribbean, Tahseen Sayed (right of Minister Clarke) showcase the loan agreement of the Second Rurual Economic Development Initiative (REDI II) Project.

GoJ Receives USD $40M Loan to finance the Second Rural Economic Development Project

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Honourable Nigel Clarke, and World Bank Director for the Caribbean, Ms. Tahseen Sayed signed the loan agreement of the Second Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI II) Project.

The Citizen's Guide to the Budget 2020-2021

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Civil Service Week Media Launch 2019

(l-r) Ms. Carlene Smith, Deputy Financial Secretary-CPAD; Mrs. Sandra Fairclough, Principal Financial Officer; Finance Minister, Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke (centre); Ms. Roxanne Linton CEO, FHCCU- title sponsors for the 5K and CSW Award; Mrs. Lorna Phillips, Principal Director, Compensation Management & Implementation and President of the Jamaica Civil Service Association Mr. O’Neil W. Grant. The Finance Minister stands proud having launched Civil Service Week 2019 at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. Minister Clarke lauded civil servants who he said were the envy of the region. “Jamaica couldn’t function without the civil service that we have here today and indeed the records show that of civil services in our region, Jamaica’s stands head and shoulder above,” Dr Clarke said emphatically.

MOU Signed between the GOJ and the USAID for Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk Finance

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr the Hon Nigel Clarke and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator (AA) for Latin America and the Caribbean, John Barsa shake hands after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Jamaica and USAID. The MOU articulates broad collaboration principles and strategic objectives and capitalizes on the commonalities between the objectives and approaches that establish the basis for ongoing dialogue and cooperation towards disaster risk reduction and disaster risk finance in Jamaica. Also included in the photo are Financial Secretary, Darlene Morrison (left of Finance Minister Dr the Hon Nigel Clarke) and Country Representative USAID/Jamaica, Jason Fraser (right of Mr. John Barsa).

The Public Sector signs MOU with HRMAJ

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Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC)

Minister of Finance & the Public Service, Dr The Hon. Nigel Clarke, Bank of Jamaica Governor, Mr. Richard Byles and Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, Mr. Keith Duncan signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to extend domestic monitoring of Jamaica's Economic Reform Programme (ERP) at a recent signing ceremony, held at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service.

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC)

Minister of Finance & the Public Service Dr the Hon. Nigel Clarke and President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), Helene Davis-Whyte display a copy of the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) made between the Government of Jamaica and EPOC to extend domestic monitoring of Jamaica's Economic Reform Programme (ERP) at a recent signing ceremony, held at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service. Other signatories include Bank of Jamaica Governor, Mr. Richard Byles (left of Finance Minister Dr the Hon Nigel Clarke) Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, Keith Duncan (right of Helene Davis-Whyte), President of the Public Sector Organization of Jamaica, Howard Mitchell and MSME Alliance President, Donovan Wignall.

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC)

Minister of Finance & the Public Service Dr The Hon. Nigel Clarke and Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee, Keith Duncan shake hands while holding the signed copies of the Memorandum of Understanding to extend domestic monitoring of Jamaica's Economic Reform Programme (ERP) at a recent signing ceremony, held at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service.

GOJ to Spend J$2B to Improve Public Sector Efficiency

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) will be spending over J$2b on some critical projects to improve efficiency in targeted areas of its operations over the next four years. Click the image to read more.

We Care Programme

The CARE Programme is a temporary cash transfer programme to individuals and businesses to cushion the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Click the image to download.

USF Virtual Cheque Handover Ceremony

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Honourable Dr. Nigel Clarke (left), Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, the Honourable Fayval Williams (centre) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, (right) the Honourable Alando Terrolonge held the $700 million cheque for the eLearning Jamaica Limited, in support of the Tablets for Teachers initiative at the recent Universal Service Fund Handing Over Ceremony. This is part of an agreement between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) to provide each teacher in public schools with a 10-inch tablet computer as part of their compensation package.

The Budget

2019 - 2020 Budget

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FID SEIZES MILLIONS FROM PROCEEDS OF CRIME; SIX CONVICTED

Kingston, Jamaica: Friday, June 26, 2020

The Financial Investigations Division (FID) is reporting that Proceeds of Crime in excess of Twenty Thousand United States Dollars (US$20,000.00) and an assortment of currencies amounting to over One Million Two Hundred Thousand Jamaican Dollars (J$1,200,000.00) have been removed from circulation in separate cases through its use of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).

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GOJ receives $261 million grant from Gov’t of Japan to fight COVID-19

Kingston, Jamaica: Tuesday, June 16, 2020

The Government of Jamaica this morning signed a bilateral agreement with the Government of Japan to provide grant aid totalling two hundred million Japanese Yen (approximately 261 JMD) to support Jamaica's fight against the coronavirus, COVID-19.

The Hon. Nigel Clarke, Ministry of Finance and the Public Service signed the agreement along with His Excellency Hiromasa Yamazaki, Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica.

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Students’ Loan Bureau Waives All Application and Processing Fees for Loans for 2020/21 Academic Year

Kingston, Jamaica: Thursday, June 11, 2020

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke announced the waiving of all application and processing fees for new loans from the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) for the 2020/2021 academic year. He made the announcement during the debate on the first supplementary estimates for the 2020/21 fiscal year in the Lower House of Parliament last evening.

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