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Employers in Portland, who have been delinquent in submitting National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions on behalf of their employees, are being urged to bring their payments up to date by January 13 or face legal action. Parish Manager for the Portland office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Gloria Clarke, told JIS News that the Ministry would be...

Employers have until today (Jan.13) to file their annual National Insurance Scheme (NIS) returns or face legal action. Denzil Thorpe, NIS Director, told JIS News that the annual returns were usually filed on January 14 of each year but because this year, the 14th fell on a Saturday, the returns become effective on January 13. He said that failure by...

Two newly constructed basic schools were recently handed over to residents of the Wilson's Run and Thompson Town communities in the parish of Trelawny. The schools, provided by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), the Sanguinetti Parent Teachers Association and the Wilson's Run Community Development Committee were built at a total cost of more than $14 million. "We at the...

Young people in Hanover are to benefit from training in gardening techniques through an alliance between the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the HEART Trust/NTA. Parish Manager for RADA Hanover, Bernard Goffe, told JIS News that the training would be offered at the Kenilworth Academy in the parish and upon successful completion, participants will receive a level one certification...

Despite an active hurricane season last year, the Hanover office of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is confident of a 10 per cent growth in food crop production for 2005 over the previous year. "This is because of farmers resuscitating their crops and getting back into production and getting back on their feet from the ravages that they felt...

Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas will be visiting Canada from January 20 to 24, to meet with Jamaicans living in that country. Commissioner Thomas' five-day visit is being facilitated by the Jamaican Diaspora-Canada Foundation (JD-CF). Philip Mascoll, president of JD-CF and member of the Jamaican Diaspora board, explained that the Commissioner was invited to speak to the Jamaican community about...

Scores of relatives, friends and well wishers are expected to attend the funeral service of Community icon, Hyacinth Maude Moodie-Anderson, who died last month. She will be buried on Friday, January 13. Mrs. Moodie, as she was affectionately known, was born in St. James in 1923 and began training as a nurse before moving to the United Kingdom in the...

Prime Minister Patterson has approved, on the request of the NHT Board of Directors, a six-month amnesty of penalty on outstanding NHT contributions for the period January 16, 2006 to July 15, 2006. During the period of the amnesty, delinquent contributors would be allowed to apply for a waiver of penalties on outstanding contributions for all years up to December...

New Kingston, the business hub of the nation's capital, will undertake special preparations for an earthquake, when the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in collaboration with private sector entities, conducts an earthquake drill on June 7. The drill will coincide with the anniversary of the 1692 earthquake that destroyed Port Royal then dubbed: "the wickedest city in...

Residents of Providence Heights in Montego Bay are to benefit from additional sporting facilities being established by the St. James Police Community Relations Department, in collaboration with representatives from the New Life Christian Church and World Outreach Ministry in the United States. The hard court, which was built earlier by the National Housing Trust (NHT), is being upgraded with netball,...

Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), in keeping with its commitment to the educational development of young people in the mining areas of St. Elizabeth, has presented scholarships valued at $620,000 to seven tertiary level students from the Essex Valley community. The presentation was made under Alpart's annual scholarship programme, which is valued in 2004 and through which the company intends...

The Plant Quarantine Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture has implemented new import regulations, fees and penalties to monitor the operations of importers. The new regulations provide strict guidelines, which importers must follow when carrying out business at the island's ports of entry. Acting Chief Plant Quarantine Officer, Shelia Harvey told JIS News that the regulations would bring Jamaica in...