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The Honourable Nigel Clarke, Minister of Finance and the Public Service and President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon bumps elbows during the President’s first courtesy call to the Minister on Tuesday, August 10. Financial Secretary, Ms. Darlene Morrison (left of Minister Clarke) and Vice President (Operations) of the Caribbean Development Bank(right of President Leon) also participates in the photo opportunity.
Kingston, Jamaica: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Newly appointed President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon. Nigel Clarke, DPhil, MP at his office this morning as part of the president’s first official visit to Jamaica.
Minister Clarke and President Leon shared spoke the strategic direction vision the Bank, including development imperatives for creating a dynamic, agile and sustainable regional economic space and initiate dialogue on the scope for strengthening the partnership between Jamaica and CDB both to advance Jamaica’s sustainable growth aspirations and leadership in regional development.
Other attendees of the meeting included Ms. Darlene Morrison, Financial Secretary and the President’s delegation Isaac Solomon, Vice President (Operations) of the Caribbean Development Bank, Ian Durant, Director, Economics Department Dorla Humes – Advisor to the President and Head of Corporate Communication.
For further information contact:
Communication & Public Relations Branch
Ministry of Finance and the Public Service
30 National Heroes Circle, Kingston 4
Tel: (876) 932-4656 / 4660 / 4655
Email: shelly-ann.weeks@mof.gov.jm / daniel.passley@mof.gov.jm
Contact: Elaine Oxamendi Vicet / Daniel Passley
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.
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