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The Jamaica Customs Department will be introducing a $2 million limit on cash transactions for the payment of duty as of November 2012. Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reese, who made the disclosure while addressing the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's JCC) annual customs seminar on Thursday (Sept. 27), said all cash payments for duty in excess of this amount will...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has reiterated the call for an end to the trade and economic embargo against Cuba, pointing out that the longstanding ban has had severe negative effects on the country's growth and development. Mrs. Simpson Miller was addressing the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September...

Before the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) was launched early this year, persons could easily access the grounds of the St. Richard's Primary School in Kingston, as there were numerous "faults" with the perimeter wall. With  the implementation of the programme, students and staff of the institution, and parents, can now breathe a sigh of relief as the existing boundary...

Commissioner of Customs, Major Richard Reese, said that the Jamaica Customs Department will be implementing a new policy on the importation of alcohol for the hotel sector. Providing details at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce's (JCC) annual customs seminar at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (Sept. 27), he informed that distributors, who import alcohol on behalf of...

The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for its 2012 Heritage Month Essay Competition to Friday,    October 26, at mid-night. The competition is being hosted by the agency for the second time, and the topic for this year is: 'Fifty years later...Do we still need National Heroes?'. It  is open to students between...

Jamaicans are being urged to participate in the upcoming consultations on the Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA), being set up by government to deal with environmental, social and economical issues that will contribute to sustainable development and national growth. The consultations are being held to hear the comments and get feedback from the wider public on the ERA's Green Paper, which...

Stakeholders in the international processed food industry will converge in Jamaica next month for the 26th session of the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (CCPFV).   The meeting, scheduled for the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel, Montego Bay, from October 15-19, is being co-hosted by the United States of America (USA). This is the first time that a small...

Residents of five communities in downtown Kingston now have access to proper bathroom facilities, following the official handing over of 100 sanitation units on September 27. The communities include: Central Kingston, Tivoli Gardens, Denham Town, Hanna Town and Fletcher's Land. Valued at approximately $109 million, the units  were financed by the PetroCaribe Development Fund, through its grant facility which is...

The Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is embarking on a public education campaign, geared at strengthening consumer protection and awareness in relation to the development of a banking code for Jamaica. Speaking at a JIS 'Think Tank' on September 27, Chairman of the CAC, Lorna Green, said that the campaign is intended to educate consumers about the proposed banking code for...

Minister of State for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams, says there is a need to pursue a more active consumer protection, advocacy, and legislative environment in order to protect the rights of consumers. “We must seek, in an even more aggressive and consistent way, to improve consumer information and consumer representation, protect consumers from health hazards, and strengthen...

Close to 3,000 residents of Broadgate in St. Mary now have improved access to potable water, with the recent commissioning into service of a $35 million water supply system under the Rural Water Improvement Project. The project was undertaken by the Rural Water Supply Limited in keeping with Government’s commitment to provide safe drinking water to residents of rural communities....

Chairman of Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Ambassador the Hon. Burchell Whiteman, says that the ongoing pursuit of knowledge must be a way of life for every Jamaican. “Lifelong learning is not for the so called disadvantaged or deficient because we all have value and we all have deficiencies. Adult education, lifelong learning needs to be a way of life for...