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Patricia Francis, President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has said that the public sector modernization process along with the renewed focus on customer service in the various ministries and agencies were part of the process to facilitate business locally. "JAMPRO is in the business of facilitation and this agency takes pride in acknowledging that Jamaica has been listed among the...

Patricia Francis, President of Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has said that the public sector modernization process along with the renewed focus on customer service in the various ministries and agencies were part of the process to facilitate business locally. "JAMPRO is in the business of facilitation and this agency takes pride in acknowledging that Jamaica has been listed among the...

In celebration of May as Child's Month, the Registrar General's Department has organised a series of outreach sessions in rural communities, designed to encourage residents to take advantage of the department's various services. At a recent session held in Rocky Point in southern Clarendon, Sydian Brissett, RGD's Marketing and Planning Manager explained to JIS News that the sessions were designed...

The State Department of the United States has agreed to a proposal by the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), to fund the setting up of a regional intelligence system that would serve as a database for information on criminal elements including drug traffickers and terrorists. Police Commissioner Francis, Forbes, who made the announcement at the Rotary International conference...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Kern Spencer, has called on the Student Loan Bureau (SLB) to consider an extension date for the estimated 300 persons who did not get the opportunity to submit their applications last week. He was speaking on the motion for adjournment at yesterday's sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. Senator Spencer...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has announced that the land formerly occupied by informal settlers at Railway Lane in St. James had been acquired by the National Housing Trust (NHT) and would be used for the commercial expansion of the city of Montego Bay. He said that once the residents have been relocated steps would be taken to prevent the resettlement...

The State Department of the United States has agreed to a proposal by the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP), to fund the setting up of a regional intelligence system that would serve as a database for information on criminal elements including drug traffickers and terrorists. Police Commissioner Francis, Forbes, who made the announcement at the Rotary International conference...

Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Kern Spencer, has called on the Student Loan Bureau (SLB) to consider an extension date for the estimated 300 persons who did not get the opportunity to submit their applications last week. He was speaking on the motion for adjournment at yesterday's sitting of the Senate at Gordon House. Senator Spencer...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has announced that the land formerly occupied by informal settlers at Railway Lane in St. James had been acquired by the National Housing Trust (NHT) and would be used for the commercial expansion of the city of Montego Bay. He said that once the residents have been relocated steps would be taken to prevent the resettlement...

A total of $1 billion (9.45 million pound sterling) of Jamaica's debt stock has been cancelled by the British government under its Commonwealth Debt Initiative (CDI) programme. Making the announcement at a press briefing at his offices on May 7, Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, said that a portion of the money is retroactive, in respect of sums...

A total of $1 billion (9.45 million pound sterling) of Jamaica's debt stock has been cancelled by the British government under its Commonwealth Debt Initiative (CDI) programme. Making the announcement at a press briefing at his offices on May 7, Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, said that a portion of the money is retroactive, in respect of sums...

Government collected approximately $4.2 billion in revenue for the financial year 2003/2004 and registered some 4,114 new taxpayers, said Senator Deika Morrison, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Planning. She credited the achievement to the significant changes and developments in Jamaica's tax administration landscape since the commencement of the tax reform process in 1994. "There has been,...