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The Financial Investigations Division (“FID”), is using the proceeds of assets confiscated under Jamaica’s proceeds of crime legislation to fund the extraordinary expenses it incurs in the SSL fraud investigation. These funds do not constitute tax revenue. These funds arise from the FID’s work in identifying, restraining, forfeiting and monetising the proceeds of crime. That is, these funds arise from the confiscation of ill-gotten gains.

The popular adage ‘Bloom where you are planted’ is precisely what 34-year-old, Dr Sherika Equiano-Flowers and her husband Dr Stefan Flowers, 33, depicted when they were selected recipients of the prestigious Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship. The Flowers made history as the first husband and wife duo to be among the cohort of awardees for the government-funded scholarship.

MARCUS GARVEY PUBLIC SECTOR GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

On the 136th anniversary of the birth of the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, ONH, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) awarded the third cohort of the Marcus Garvey Public Sector Graduate Scholarship with fully-funded tuition fees to leading universities locally and internationally.

GOJ GETS 400 MILLION YEN

The Government of Japan (GOJP) through its Economic and Social Development Programme has provided grant assistance to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) …

MICO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE STEM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

The Government of Jamaica is providing 1,250 scholarships through The Mico University College for Jamaicans preparing to become science, technology, engineering and mathematics teachers under a $2.5 billion-dollar Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Scholarship Programme.

BUDGET SCHOOL TOUR

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MOFPS) kicked off the 2023/24 National Budget Secondary School Tour at Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

New Tax Office

Residents of the Christiana and neighbouring communities are set to benefit from a new tax office in Struan Castle following a ground-breaking ceremony for the facility by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the Tax Administration Jamaica on Thursday, February 23, 2023.