Finance Minister, Fayval Williams, notes comments in the public domain concerning the appointment of Mr. Dennis Chung as Chief Technical Director (CTD) of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) and a proposal that the Government inserts itself into the process by over-turning the recommendation of the Office of the Services Commission (OSC).
The Minister of Finance and the Public Service is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Dennis Chung as Chief Technical Director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), effective June 2, 2025.
A Jamaica Teachers Association Memorandum dated April 23, 2025 to its membership from the Secretary General, Mark Nicely, stated that the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service had outlined that payments for the increments should be made during the first quarter of the 2025-2026 Financial Year.
The third staging of the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service’s (MOFPS) National Budget Secondary School Tour is set to engage several schools in the parish of Clarendon. The Ministry rolled out this leg of the school tour with a launch at Glenmuir High School which included students from Denbigh High School on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) signed a Supplementary Agreement on September 12, 2024. Among the matters agreed in this Agreement is the movement of specific public sector employees along their substantive salary bands effective April 1, 2025.
Fitch Ratings Agency, on February 21, 2025, affirmed the Government of Jamaica’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BB-’, with the outlook remaining “Positive.”
The National Health Fund (NHF) excelled at the Corporate Governance Awards copping several awards across different categories including the prestigious Greta Bogues Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance during the Public Bodies’ Corporate Governance Awards held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
Three (3) exceptional civil servants were awarded for their outstanding contribution to the public sector during the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the First Heritage Co-operative Credit Union (FHCCU) Civil Servants of the Year and People’s Choice Awards held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel on Friday, November 15, 2024.
Hon. Fayval Williams, MP, Minister of Finance and the Public Service says the government will be leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve and enhance audit committees in Jamaica. She was delivering remarks during the Government of Jamaica’s 2024 Audit Committees’ Conference at the Summit Kingston on Thursday, November 7, 2024.
The Independent Fiscal Commission Act, which establishes an Independent Fiscal Commission for monitoring and maintaining Jamaica’s adherence to the country’s fiscal responsibility laws, was passed in 2021.
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