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Many landlords are unaware that they are required to register their premises with the Rent Assessment Board as provided for under the Rent Restriction Act, according to Director of the Rent Board, Cecile Croll. Noting that the cost to register premises is a mere $20, Miss Croll told JIS News that few landlords however, chose to register. The Rent Restriction...

The abolition of user fees at public health facilities has not resulted in the expected rush on hospitals within the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), with the first two days having seen smooth operations. According to Community Relations Officer with the WRHA, Clinton Pickering, the only abnormality occurred at the public pharmacies within the region, where it is believed that...

Labour and Social Security Minister, Pearnel Charles has said that a new and liberalized work permit regime, that would facilitate greater flexibility in the employment of foreign skilled labour, is set to come on stream later this month. Speaking at the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) members forum at the JEF's Ruthven Road offices on April 3, Mr. Charles pointed out...

Director of Industrial Relations and Allied Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Errol Miller, has noted that training and employment is very important to the Government of Jamaica. Mr. Miller, who represented the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, was speaking at the launch of Manpower and Maintenance Services Limited's Customer Service Charter, yesterday (April...

Many landlords are unaware that they are required to register their premises with the Rent Assessment Board as provided for under the Rent Restriction Act, according to Director of the Rent Board, Cecile Croll. Noting that the cost to register premises is a mere $20, Miss Croll told JIS News that few landlords however, chose to register. The Rent Restriction...

The abolition of user fees at public health facilities has not resulted in the expected rush on hospitals within the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), with the first two days having seen smooth operations. According to Community Relations Officer with the WRHA, Clinton Pickering, the only abnormality occurred at the public pharmacies within the region, where it is believed that...

Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Anthony Johnson has called on the hemispheric community to take into account the "vulnerabilities and special needs of small island states." He said that the countries should forge a consensus, within the Inter-American system, that would enable states, like Jamaica, to confront the significant trans-national challenges that confront...

Budgetary allocation for the Rent Assessment Board has been doubled for the 2008/09 financial year when compared to 2007/08, according to the Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. The allocation this year amounts to $13.656 million, up from $6.771 million last year. This money is to carry out the Board's activities in Kingston and St. Andrew. The Rent Assessment...

A sum of $10 million has been allotted to the Improved Reproductive Health of Youth Project, as set out in the 2008/2009 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allotment, which remains the same as last year, will be used to continue improvements in the reproductive health practices among adolescent youth. Funded by the United States Agency...

Chairman of the Caribbean Farmers Network (CaFAN) and President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, has said that if farmers' organizations in the Caribbean are strengthened, they could play a more critical role in the economic transformation of countries in the region. "We believe that as a group, as an organization, we have a critical role to...

A sum of $63.3 million has been earmarked for the Jamaica HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project in the Ministry of Health and Environment in the 2008/09 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The allocation is for the provision of support for selected activities under the National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan and assistance for the government in curbing the...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has said that the Government would be aggressively pursuing tax collection from delinquent persons. Tax collection, he emphasised, would help solve some of the nation's economic problems. The Prime Minister was addressing some 400 Jamaican nationals and friends of Jamaica at a town hall meeting, held at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, South Florida last week....