The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information is advising school administrators that the cost of registration packages at the secondary level should be no more than $5,000. In addition, there is no cost for registration at the primary level. The policy directive on registration fees is in keeping with the Ministry’s mandate of ensuring that the cost to parents remains...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke has approved the extension of existing COVID-19 compliance relaxation mechanisms. The Minister first announced the relaxation as part of the 2020/21 Revenue Measures, where business entities were allowed a Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC) without meeting the statutory obligations of filing and making a return. This was done as...

The House of Representatives on July 21 approved five Emergency Powers Resolutions to extend the current states of public emergency (SOEs) until September 3. States of public emergency have been imposed in Hanover, St James, Westmoreland, Clarendon, St. Catherine, Kingston East, Kingston Central, Kingston Western, and St. Andrew South. In his address, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said...

The 2020 Jamaica Festival Song Album titled ‘Jamaica Festival 2020 Song Competition’ is now listed at number 13 on the Apple Music Reggae Album Chart. “This is great news for our country and for the finalists,” said Minister Grange as she reacted to the news. The 2020 Jamaica Festival Song album entered the chart at number 15 and has climbed...

One new COVID-19 case was recorded in the island as at Tuesday (July 21). The total number of COVID-19 cases for Jamaica now stands at 810. Meanwhile, three more patients have recovered and have been released from care. This brings the cumulative number of recoveries to 709 (87.5% recovery rate). The newly confirmed positive is an imported case of a...

The Ports Security Corps Limited’s aviation security provider certification has been renewed by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA). Managing Director of the Ports Security Corps Ltd. (PSC), Major Merrick Lloyd, told JIS News that the renewal was recently given following the completion of a series of assessments by the JCAA. “In June of this year, our certification was renewed...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially opened the new Cannon Ball Gate entrance at the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Up Park Camp location in St. Andrew on Tuesday (July 21). The US$3.8-million project was undertaken as a joint venture between the JDF and the National Works Agency (NWA), with China Harbour Engineering Company as the contracting entity. It...