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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, addresses the virtual launch of COK Sodality Cooperative Credit Union's new Universa Premier Digital Core Banking Suite, at the Courtleigh Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (August 12).

Dr. Clarke Praises COK for Investing in Technology to Boost Operations

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has praised the management of COK Sodality Cooperative Credit Union Limited for investing in technology designed to enhance the entity’s operations and client service delivery. COK, which is...

General Surgeon at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland, Dr. Lincoln Cox, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay.

Doctor Advises Cancer Patients to Stick With Proven Conventional Treatments

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), emphasises a point during a digital press conference on June 11. Listening is Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton.

Jamaicans To Arrive From Trinidad And Tobago And Barbados Saturday

Two students entering the reopened Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St. Ann.

Marcus Garvey High Administrators Say Reopening Was A Success

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

Tourism Minister Says Industry Ready To Receive Visitors

Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, addresses a digital press conference at the Ministry

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

All 3,289 Repatriated Jamaicans Tested For COVID-19

All 3,289 Jamaican nationals who returned to the island between April 20 and June 10 under the protocol for controlled re-entry have been tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, gave the update during a digital press conference from the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ New Kingston offices on Thursday (June 11). She said those tested...

Some of the farmworkers who left the island today (June 12), for the United States.

6 years ago Labour

Farmworkers Leave For The United States

One hundred and sixteen farmworkers left the island today (June 12), for the United States, under the Seasonal Work Programme between Jamaica and the United States. The batch, who all returning workers, will be dispatched to the Gebbers Farm in Washington, where they will be reaping apples. The send-off ceremony was held at the Ministry of Labour’s Overseas Employment Services...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

June 15 Tax Payments Now Due

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons that the following taxes are due on Monday, June 15, 2020:  Estimated Income Tax (2nd quarter)  Self Employed Statutory Payments (2nd quarter)  Statutory Deductions (S01) for the month of May – must be filed ONLINE using the enhanced form. In the case of the statutory deductions, employees are normally...

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Mandatory Testing For Tourists

Mandatory coronavirus (COVID-19) testing will be conducted on tourists when the country reopens to non-nationals on Monday, June 15. The confirmation came from Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during the Ministry of Health and Wellness ‘Every One Counts’ COVID Conversations Digital Town Hall, held on Thursday (June 11). Minister Bartlett said testing of the visitors arriving from source markets,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, highlights a point while making his contribution to the debate on the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday (June 10).

6 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliamentSport

Horse Racing Returns To Caymanas Park Saturday

Horse racing will resume at Caymanas Park on Saturday, June 20, following consultation with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, during his contribution to the debate on the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure for 2020/21 during the sitting of the House of Representatives on...

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

6 years ago Transport

Road Traffic Deaths Must Be Viewed As A Global Pandemic – Minister Williams

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling for society to view road traffic deaths as a global pandemic in the same way as the coronavirus (COVID-19). She made the appeal as she addressed the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers’ Association (JGRA) Virtual Road Safety Launch on Wednesday (June 10). In highlighting the scale of the problem, Mrs. Williams...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses the media at a virtual press conference on Monday (May 11), at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre, in Kingston.

6 years ago Foreign AffairsOffice of the Prime Minister

Returning Jamaicans Must Desist From Applying Multiple Times Online

Jamaicans overseas who are now applying to return home under the country’s controlled re-entry programme are being encouraged to desist from applying multiple times on the jamcovid19 application and website. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, while disclosing that close to 7,500 applications have, so far, been received, pointed out that persons who...