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Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell, addressing journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20.

JUTC And Stakeholders To Curb Indiscipline At Transport Centre

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has joined forces with the police, student organisations, principals, and other stakeholders to address reported anti-social and other inappropriate behaviours by students at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre. Speaking at a Jamaica House press briefing...

Minister with Responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer addresses journalists at a Jamaica House press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on November 20. Seated beside her is Managing Director of the JUTC, Colin Campbell.

JUTC Sets March 2014 Deadline For All Passengers To Access ‘Smarter Cards’

Minister of National Security, the Hon. Peter Bunting. (FILE)

House Approves Orders Under Proceeds Of Crime Act

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (right), speaks with Dr. John Peter Figueroa, shortly before the start of the opening ceremony for the 29th Caribbean Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Managers Meeting/Conference at the Jewel Runaway Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann on November 19.

Ensure Children Are Fully Immunized – Dr. Ferguson

New Youth Mayor for Hanover, 11-year old Clinton Brown (right), is about to strike the gavel to convene his first meeting under the guidance of Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Shernet Haughton (left). This follows his selection and installation on Monday (November 18), during a ceremony held at the Parish Council chambers in Lucea.

Eleven Year Old Crowned Youth Mayor for Hanover

12 years ago Agriculture

Irrigation Systems Completed At Two Agro Parks

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Roger Clarke, says that work has been completed on irrigation systems for two agro parks and the schemes should be fully operational in short order. He said that the systems at Yallahs, St. Thomas and Ebony Park in Clarendon are now ready for operation. “At Yallahs, it is finished now, and we should be...

12 years ago Finance & Public ServiceParliament

House Passes Omnibus Bills

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, November 19, passed the Omnibus legislation, which seeks to establish a transparent and coherent regime to govern all tax incentives. The Bills passed are the Fiscal Incentives (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act; and the Income Tax Relief (Large Scale Projects and Pioneer Industries) Act 2013. The Fiscal Incentives (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 sets out the reforms...

Officers from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), are engaged in their training course, which got underway on Monday, November 18, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay.

12 years ago National Security

PICA Officers Benefitting From Training In Travel Document Fraud

More than 30 officers from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA), are benefiting from training, as the Government of Jamaica intensifies efforts against terrorism, travel fraud, and other forms of criminal activity. Immigration officers, investigators, citizenship and passport officers and customer service personnel from Kingston and Montego Bay, are participating in the comprehensive training programme, which got underway on...

Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley (2nd left), is in conversation with (from left), Ambassador of France to Jamaica, Her Excellency Ginette de Matha; Jamaica Exporters’ Association (JEA) President, Andrew Collins; and JEA Director, Marjory Kennedy. Occasion was the JEA’s breakfast forum on ‘Ensuring Infrastructural Development to Support Export Growth’, held on November 19, at the association’s offices in Kingston.

12 years ago Transport

Professor Shirley Outlines Imperatives for Logistics Hub Project

Chief Executive Officer of the Port Authority of Jamaica and Chairman of the National Task Force for the Logistics Hub Initiative, Professor Gordon Shirley, has outlined four imperatives for the maritime sector that must be in place by July 2014, if Jamaica is to remain on track in its development of the global logistics hub. According to Professor Shirley, the...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, addresses journalists during Tuesday’s (Nov. 19) quarterly media briefing at the BoJ’s downtown Kingston offices. Listening at left is Deputy Governors, John Robinson.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Projects Moderate Inflation for Last Quarter

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) is projecting a moderate inflation rate of between two and three per cent, for the October to December quarter. This is at least 0.7 per cent below the figure which Central Bank Governor, Brian Wynter, says was recorded for the July to September quarter. Speaking at the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing at its downtown Kingston...

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

TAJ Steps Up E-Filing System Sensitisation Drive

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has been stepping up its sensitisation campaign as it gets ready to introduce the mandatory e-filing of tax returns. The system will be implemented on a phased basis, beginning on March 1, 2014 for certain category of persons. Senior Client Relationship Manager, Corporate Services, at the TAJ, Gerrard Edman, said the objective of the new system...

Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter (centre), responds to a question posed during Tuesday’s (Nov. 19) quarterly media briefing at the BoJ’s downtown Kingston offices. Flanking him are Deputy Governors, John Robinson (left); and Myrtle Halsall.

12 years ago Finance & Public Service

BOJ Reports Just Under One Per Cent Growth Third Quarter

The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) is reporting growth of just under one per cent for the period July to September. Central Bank Governor, Brian Wynter, who made the disclosure during the BoJ’s quarterly media briefing held in the institution’s auditorium, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday, November 19, attributed the second quarter growth to, among other things, the response of Jamaican businesses...