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The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) has announced an extension of its amnesty to February, 2010, to allow all charitable groups to file outstanding returns at reduced costs. Charitable groups include churches, charitable organisations, service clubs, professional associations, community-based organisations and other such groups, which are registered under the Companies Act as companies limited by guarantee without a share capital....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, has outlined investment opportunities available in Jamaica, to participants attending the 33rd annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean and Central America. Speaking at the official opening of the three-day regional Summit on November 30, at the Hotel Intercontinental in downtown Miami, United States, the Minister emphasised that Jamaica is ready...

General Manager of Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited, Karl James, has said there are still good prospects for Jamaica's sugar cane industry, despite the many challenges. Mr. James, who was in London last week to meet with a number of entities relating to the sector, including the International Sugar Organisation, pointed out that sugar prices on the European market are...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has assured persons living with HIV/AIDS that the National HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy is expected o be debated in Parliament during the 2009/10 session, which ends next March. The draft policy was tabled in Parliament on November 11, following consideration of the Green Paper (preliminary report) by a Joint Select Committee of Parliament. The...

The Government has been doing a lot of work to ensure the protection of the rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS, Minister of Health, Hon Rudyard Spencer, said in his World AIDS Day Message issued on Monday. Mr. Spencer noted that the Cabinet approved the National HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy in 2008, with recommendations for changes. "One major change, recommended by...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Hon. Laurence Broderick, has lauded the safety record of the local mining industry. Speaking at the National Minerals Industry Safety Awards banquet, recently at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston, Mr. Broderick pinpointed the work ethnic in the sector in terms of discipline and safety. He said that, visiting...

Graduates of Bethlehem Moravian College, in St. Elizabeth, have been encouraged to use their training to help create a better society, by Head of Capital and Credit Financial Group, Ryland Campbell. "Renew your minds to champion the cause of our liberation as a people, who can achieve excellence in any area of human activity, as we strive to build our...

The 119 emergency number serves as a means through which persons with genuine emergencies can receive urgent assistance. However, the emergency line is being plagued by persons abusing the system through prank calls and other general enquires that are not considered dire. In an interview with JIS News, Superintendent with responsibility for Police Control and Emergency, Kenneth Wade, informs that...

West Indies Alumina Company (WINDALCO), Kirkvine Works, dominated this year's minerals industry safety awards, copping five major prizes. At the National Minerals Industry Safety Awards banquet, held recently at the Courtleigh Hotel and Suites in Kingston, the Manchester-based alumina refinery proved it had the best safety practices, by surpassing five other companies, and taking a huge chunk out of the...

Housing solutions for 40 needy persons in South Eastern St. Mary have been provided through Food for the Poor, in partnership with Member of Parliament for the constituency, Tarn Peralto. The two bedroom units were handed over to the recipients during a presentation function, held at the Cape Clear Training Centre in St. Mary, on Thursday, November 26. These houses...

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, has said it is time to accelerate the development of the sport of gymnastics in Jamaica. Minister Grange was speaking before she officially opened the Jamaica Gymnastics Association's International Development meet on Saturday (Nov. 28) at the Ishimoto School of Gymnastics in Kingston. Gymnastics is being taught in 20 primary schools...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon Audley Shaw, will give the keynote address at the opening reception of the 33rd Miami Conference on Jamaica and Central America in Miami, Florida later today Monday (Nov. 29). Minister Shaw is expected to address critical issues facing the Jamaican economy; the country's imminent re-engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF); major...