Public Accountability

A landmark performance audit of Tax Administration Jamaica has exposed a property tax system in deep structural trouble — not because Jamaicans lack the capacity to pay, but because the agency tasked with collecting taxes lacks the tools, procedures

A performance audit of the Ministry of Health’s management of mental health services has exposed one of the most lopsided resource allocations in the Jamaican public sector — a system that warehouses clinically stable patients for decades while denyi

A December 2015 performance audit by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis exposed a systemic collapse at the National Works Agency — the body responsible for every kilometre of Jamaica’s main road network. Thirty-six contractors submitted fraudulent m

The Universal Service Fund was established to bridge Jamaica’s digital divide — connecting underserved communities to broadband, equipping schools with technology, and expanding ICT access across the island. But a government audit covering three year

The Development Bank of Jamaica channelled billions of taxpayer-backed dollars into loans meant to grow the economy and create thousands of jobs — yet the Auditor General found the bank had no reliable system to determine whether any of it worked. Fo

An Auditor General’s performance audit of Jamaica’s National Insurance Scheme has exposed deep failures in how pension payments are made, tracked, and recovered — leaving tens of thousands of elderly Jamaicans exposed to a system riddled with uncheck

A government audit of the Caribbean Maritime Institute covering five years of operations found an institution that expanded aggressively without a plan, lost control of its revenue, and quietly drifted away from the seafaring mandate that justifies i

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

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