Auditor General

A landmark performance audit of the Ministry of Health found that Jamaica’s public health system spent years failing to adequately prevent, detect, or manage diabetes — a disease killing more Jamaicans than almost any other condition. For patients at

An Auditor General’s report into the Housing Agency of Jamaica has exposed severe project management failures that delayed affordable housing by up to 856 days, drove cost overruns of $682 million across two major developments, and contributed to cum

The government laboratory at the centre of Jamaica’s public health surveillance system has been operating without a functioning legal framework for more than a decade, while thousands of patient samples piled up unprocessed and tuberculosis testing w

The Auditor General’s office found that the Jamaica Tourist Board spent more than J$4 billion on overseas marketing it could not properly measure or monitor, paid hundreds of millions to representatives operating under contracts that had lapsed for u

Every working Jamaican who contributes to the National Housing Trust does so in the expectation that their mandatory payroll deductions will one day be channelled into affordable housing. A performance audit conducted by the Auditor General and publi

An Auditor General’s report into the Child Development Agency has exposed a pattern of regulatory failure that left the majority of privately run childcare facilities across Jamaica operating without valid licences for up to two years — meaning backg

An Auditor General’s review of the National Centre for Youth Development reveals a decade of institutional paralysis at the agency charged with steering 540,000 young Jamaicans away from unemployment, crime, and social exclusion. With nearly half a billion dollars spent and a youth crisis deepening, the audit exposes a pattern of unfinished programs, unmet deadlines, and an oversight committee that never once convened.

An Auditor General’s investigation into the Department of Correctional Services found that despite nearly J$2.03 billion in approved rehabilitation spending between 2009 and 2014, the true reoffending rate among Jamaica’s prison population was double

A sweeping performance audit by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis found that the Jamaica Fire Brigade was operating with nearly half its emergency vehicles out of service, five of six ambulances non-functional, and one in three fire hydrants across

A sweeping performance audit by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis found that the Jamaica Fire Brigade was operating with nearly half its emergency vehicles out of service, five of six ambulances non-functional, and one in three fire hydrants across

For more than a decade, Jamaicans paying their light bills, water rates and phone charges assumed a government body was watching over the companies providing those services. A 2013 performance audit by the Auditor General found that assumption was la

A performance audit of the National Irrigation Commission covering six financial years revealed a public body in serious decline — haemorrhaging water it could not deliver, spending money it could not account for, and depending on government subsidie

A performance audit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s motor vehicle fleet has uncovered deep systemic failures that left hundreds of police vehicles off the road, J$323 million in spare parts untraceable, and a fuel bill of J$3.2 billion over five years.

A performance audit of the Urban Development Corporation has exposed a statutory body in profound financial and operational crisis — recording operating losses exceeding $1.2 billion, leaving $10.1 billion in public property uninsured, and failing to

When Jamaica abolished prescription charges at public hospitals between 2007 and 2008, it promised millions of patients — many of them poor, elderly, and chronically ill — that essential medicines would be within reach regardless of their ability to pay.