Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (March 21), tabled a Bill in Parliament to establish the National Identification and Registration Authority. The proposed National Identification and Registration Act, 2017 and the Authority’s formation are in keeping with the National Identification Project, which Mr. Holness reintroduced last year. The Registrar General’s Department (RGD), which will be transformed into...

The Government is embarking on an Urban Regeneration Programme for the re-development of targeted areas in Kingston and St. Andrew. The programme is being done through the National Housing Trust (NHT), in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, with support from the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and the National Water Commission (NWC). Prime Minister, the Most...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, says the job market has become very competitive and students should now be guided as it relates to careers they pursue. The Minister, who was speaking at the media launch of the MoBay City Run on March 21 at the Holiday Inn Hotel, St. James, said...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government’s tax strategy to shift from personal income tax to indirect taxes, will not place additional burden on Jamaicans. He noted, instead, that it will allow citizens to have greater control of their own money, by giving them more of their income to spend and, essentially, enabling them to make wiser...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is considering a “fair” approach to discourage the overconsumption of sweetened drinks. In his 2017/2018 Budget Presentation in the House of Representatives on March 21, the Prime Minister noted that more than half of the population is overweight and the consumption of sweetened, carbonated soft drinks by young people is...

Effective July 1, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will provide a grant for mortgagors with disabilities or who reside with and care for family members with disabilities, in a move to meaningfully improve benefits for the disabled. The grant is to be used to retrofit or upgrade the beneficiary’s dwelling to make it suitable to serve the needs of the...

The Ministry of Health launched its National Sealant Programme on March 21, at the Clan Carthy Primary School in Kingston. The programme aims to provide access to preventative oral and dental care for primary- and basic-school children in need of these services. A clinical session facilitated by teams from the Ministry of Health and the University of Technology (UTech) was...