A performance audit by Jamaica’s Auditor General found that the government lacks the data, the institutional clarity, and the budget discipline to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals it committed to in 2015 — targets that directly s

The Auditor General of Jamaica has found that the South East Regional Health Authority — responsible for hospitals and health centres serving nearly half of the country’s population — failed to consistently demonstrate that it secured value for money

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

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 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.