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Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, has underscored the Government’s commitment to urgently address the unwieldy public sector bureaucracy, and is prepared to include performance benchmarks in future agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was addressing the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) 7th Regional Investments and Capital Markets Conference on January 25, at...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding all companies, organisations, self-employed persons, including professionals and entertainers, as well as employed persons with additional sources of income that March 15 is the due date to file their Final Income Tax Return for 2011 and a Declaration of Estimated Income and Tax Payable for 2012.  For added convenience to file and pay, persons...

Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, has said the Government wants to enter into a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the shortest possible time. “These negotiations are going to be tough. But based on the discussions, I can say we know what we have to do to get discussions about...

Harbour Heights, a community overlooking Harbour View in the hills of East Rural St Andrew, will be the first to benefit from a pilot landslide mitigation project, to be implemented by the Office of Disaster Management and Preparedness (ODPEM). Titled the Jamaica Landslide Risk Reduction Project, it is being financed by a US$2.37 million grant from the Japanese Social Development...

The Child Development Agency (CDA) will be undertaking a comprehensive review of its programmes and operations, to accommodate strategic planning over the next 3-5 years.  Chief Executive Officer of the CDA, Carla Francis-Edie,made the disclosure at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank Session on Wednesday (January 25), at the JIS head office in Kingston. “We will have to re-work...

Commissioner of Customs, Devon Rowe, says the department will soon roll out an Information Communication Technology (ICT) system that will improve the infrastructure at Customs sites and data sharing among stakeholders, as well as allow greater coordination between agencies. Mr. Rowe, speaking at a Customs Week 2012 Symposium, on Wednesday (January 25) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, said that...

Persons involved, or interested, in jewelry making, particularly leather, are invited to ‘Lavishly Leather 2012’, a jewelry making workshop focusing on leather craft and hosted by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC). The workshop will be held at the JBDC’s Incubator & Resource Centre, 76 Marcus Garvey Drive, on February 13 and 14 for the basic course, and February 16...

Secretary/Manager of the Hanover Parish Council, Alfred Graham, is confident that arrangements for the 128th birthday anniversary tribute to National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, will be successful. In an interview with JIS News, following a meeting of the planning committee for the event in Lucea, Hanover, Wednesday (January 25), Mr. Graham noted that they have been meeting on...

The late Ambassador, the Hon. Dudley Thompson, will be accorded an official funeral by the Government of Jamaica. This was disclosed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, on Tuesday (January 24), during a parliamentary tribute to Ambassador Thompson in the House of Representatives. She said details of the funeral will be announced at a later date. Ambassador...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will on Thursday (January 26) test the readiness of the education sector for a major earthquake, at a simulation exercise slated for the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Senior Director for preparedness and emergency operations at ODPEM, Horace Glades, said given the density of the education population it is important that...

The equities (stock) market will be supported as a critical element in the Government's drive to stimulate investments and promote the private sector as the engine of economic growth and development. This was stated by Minister of Finance, Planning and the Public Service, Hon. Dr Peter Phillips, as he addressed the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) 7th Regional Investments and Capital...

The Government will be going ahead with its Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), despite the limited funds available to fund the programme. This was stated by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Omar Davies, in a statement to the House of Representatives on January 24. Funding for JEEP is being provided through the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP)....