The fraud at Stocks and Securities Limited (“SSL”) is of public interest. The Financial Investigation Division has reported that the fraudulent schemes are now estimated to have
affected over 200 accounts and the extent of the fraud exceeds $3 billion in value.

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service is set to extend its 2024 National Budget Secondary School Tour to schools in St. Catherine in the second staging of the initiative. The tour was officially launched at the St. Catherine High School with participation from students from St. Jago High School on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

Fitch Ratings Agency, today, March 5, 2024, upgraded Jamaica’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BB-’, with the outlook remaining “Positive”.

The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) FATF today at its February 2024 Plenary meeting in Paris, approved for their America’s Joint Group to conduct an on-site visit to Jamaica to assess the effectiveness and sustainability of the measures the country has implemented to address its strategic AML/CFT deficiencies outlined in the 13-point action plan agreed with the FATF in February 2020.

Local, regional and international experts and stakeholders from the business community as well as legislators will gather for the inaugural Elevate Procurement Conference scheduled for April 23- 25, 2024 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre.

THEME: UNCAC AT 20: UNITING THE WORLD AGAINST CORRUPTION.