NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Some Baha Mar employees yesterday expressed being pushed to the brink as they continued to wait after nearly two months for payments from the government’s extended unemployment program. Speaking to Eyewitness […]
Santo Domingo.- The debt level of the non-financial public sector (NFPS) —which includes government debt operations, except for the Central Bank— has soared to US$43.1 billion in the first nine months, or […]
The monthly fiscal summary reports from the Ministry of Finance for the period March to August 2020 show that the reduction in revenue because of Covid-19 measures, was approximately EC$90 million while […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The government has been able to secure US$600 million in bond financing from international capital markets to help finance its 2020/2021 budgetary needs and repay debt. The transaction will add […]
Months after the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service disbursed sums under its CARE programme for people hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, 35,000 Jamaicans are yet to collect the money […]
The Ministry of Finance has clarified that the removal of VAT and the Online Purchase Tax on laptops, notebooks and tablets are both in effect. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Ministry said […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Total government revenue decreased year-over-year by just over $337 million with preliminary data for the fiscal year 2019/20 showing an estimated “threefold” increase in the country’s fiscal deficit. The […]
The Ministry of Finance is reporting that outstanding payments to persons under the government’s COVID-19 We CARE programme is expected to be made by next week. The Ministry says the process has […]
THERE will be further reforms to be taken at the CaribbeanBroadcasting Corporation (CBC). So says Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn, who saysthe CBC has to come fully into the […]
MINISTER in the Ministry of Finance Allyson West says this country was spared from harsh austerity measures. She was speaking in the Senate last week during the debate on the Finance (Supplementary […]
