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A Bill seeking to establish a unified domestic tax administration under an entity to be known as Tax Administration Jamaica was approved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday March 29. Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, who piloted the Revenue Administration (Amendment) Act 2011 through the Lower House, informed that this Bill will strengthen the country’s capacity and improve...

KINGSTON – It is estimated that a total of $33 million has been spent to cover the cost of the Manatt/Coke Commission of Enquiry, which is being held at the Jamaica Conference Centre. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, as he answered questions raised by Opposition Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Ronald Thwaites, on Tuesday...

TORONTO – Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, has assured Jamaican nationals in Canada that positive things are happening in the island. Speaking at a reception in her honour hosted by High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, at the Jamaican Canadian Centre in Toronto on...

KINGSTON – Chairman of the National Council on Technical, Vocational Education and Training (NCTVET), Ruel Reid, says that Jamaica must place greater focus on vocational education as a critical component in building a workforce of international quality. He noted that countries such as Germany, France, Australia, Japan, and China are growing rapidly into the industrialised age because their education systems...

KINGSTON – National Child Month will be officially launched on Wednesday, April 6, under the theme: 'Our World, Their Future, Our Responsibility'. Her Excellency Lady Allen will deliver the main address at the launching ceremony scheduled to take place at the Institute of Jamaica, East Street, downtown Kingston. Chairperson of the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), Dr. Pauline Mullings, who...

KINGSTON – Education Minister, Hon. Andrew Holness, has called for a revival of the partnership involving the church, endowment trusts, and the Government for the establishment of more schools across the island. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Red Hills Primary School in St. Andrew on Tuesday March 29, Mr. Holness lamented what he described as a "significant slowing...

KINGSTON – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GraceKennedy Limited, Hon. Douglas Orane, said that the recent murders of his executive assistant, Arlene Lym and her 73-year old mother, Dorothy Lym has strengthened his determination to make Jamaica a better country. Arlene Lym, who had been working with Mr. Orane since 1987, and her mother were the victims of...

MANDEVILLE – The Glenmuir High School community in Clarendon on Saturday March 26 celebrated the dedicated service of its retiring principal Clement Radcliffe, who headed the institution for some 28 years. At a lively ceremony held on the school grounds, featuring performances in song and dance and a thrilling demonstration of ball-skill from the Glenmuir football team, friends, students, teachers...

KINGSTON – The Senate, last week, extended condolences and sympathies to the Government and people Japan, in the wake of the loss of lives and infrastructural damage sustained as a result of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The 8.9-magnitude quake, which predominantly impacted Japan’s northeast region, unleashed a 23-foot (seven-meter) tsunami and more than 50 aftershocks, mostly with 6.0...

KINGSTON – Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says that preparation of the 2011/12 budget has been delayed, due to his participation in the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke. He told the Commission that the presentation of the budget has been put back for a week, because Cabinet has not yet been able to convene its...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh will leave Jamaica today, March 31, for the Eighteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), to be held in Belize City, Belize. The Meeting slated for Friday, April 1 will focus on the governance...

KINGSTON – Minister of Transport and Works, Hon Mike Henry, has indicated that in mid-April there will be a test run of the railway service between May Pen, Clarendon and Linstead, St. Catherine, as the Government seeks to rehabilitate the system. Mr. Henry explained that since no deals have yet been reached with prospective investors, the existing system will be...