Government of Jamaica
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. ...
Ms. Darlene Morrison is currently Jamaica’s Financial Secretary. As Financial Secretary, Ms. Morrison is the technical and administrative head of the Ministry of Finance and the Pu...
The Hon. Marsha Smith, MP was born and raised in the parish of Saint Ann. She was educated at Brown’s Town Primary School, Westwood High School, Brown’s Town Community College, the...
May 3, 2021
Further to the Press Release of April 29, 2021, regarding the CARE Programme, the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service wishes to advise the public that the Government will not publish the names of approved beneficiaries whose grants remain uncollected.
Kingston, Jamaica: Tuesday, April 6, 2021
The National Health Fund (NHF) copped the top award at the recent staging of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the Private Organization of Jamaica's Public Bodies' Corporate Governance Awards held on Friday, March 27.
This award was renamed in honour of Ms. Greta Brogues, a stalwart of corporate governance in Jamaica, who passed earlier this month.
Kingston, Jamaica: April 15, 2021
The Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Nigel Clarke, issued the following statement:
"The Bank of Jamaica (Amendment) Act, 2020 ("the Act") takes effect on Friday April 16, 2021. With effect from this date, Jamaica's central bank will be operationally independent; with its principal objectives being the maintenance of price stability and financial system stability with the primary objective being the maintenance of price stability. With effect from Friday, April 16, the Minister will no longer have the power to issue directions on monetary policy, and, as such, the Bank of Jamaica ("BOJ") will unambiguously have operational independence in the implementation of monetary policy.
