Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise the public that the St. Andrew Revenue Service Centre located in Constant Spring, will partially reopen to the public on Monday, June 14, 2021 offering limited, non-cash services. The interim arrangements have been made, following an assessment of the damage caused and restoration work required following a fire incident a week earlier. The...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Ministry has been working on a number of programmes to better prepare students for the fast growing and innovative Global Services Sector (GSS). Mrs. Williams made the disclosure while addressing the Outsource2Jamaica 2021 virtual Conference, Exposition and Career Summit hosted by the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), formerly...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is reporting that plans are far advanced for the virtual Jamaica Diaspora Sustainability Symposium. Jamaicans at home and abroad are expected to attend the two-day symposium which will take place on June 16 and 17 under the theme, ‘Jamaica and the Diaspora – Stronger Together for a Sustainable Future.’ Speaking at a...

Debate on the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organizations) (Amendment) Act, 2021 commonly called the anti-gang legislation, began in the Senate on Friday (June 11). The amendments specify additional offences for activities in which criminal organisations are engaged, increase the number of offences under the Act, expand the list of aggravating factors to be considered when sentencing an individual convicted...

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams is encouraging students to participate in the Ministry’s upcoming summer school offering, to make up for learning opportunities lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Education takes time; learning takes time and in order for us to have our students  catch up to where they were before the pandemic and to move...

The results for the grade six students who sat the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations this year, will be available before August. This was disclosed by Acting Chief Education Officer, in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, at the virtual Town Hall meeting on vaccine sensitization for the education system, held on June 11. “We’re working...

The Tourism room stock in Trelawny is poised for yet another uptick, with the proposed Sun Rise Reef development in Duncans Bay, near Falmouth. Developers, Atelier-Vidal Limited and partner, Coast and Land Aesthetic Development Limited say, the project will build out a collection of exclusive beach front villas, condominium residences and over-water suites. The Duncans Bay community is also expected...