NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL   NOTES   Confirmed Cases 233 43,473   SEX CLASSIFICATION       Females 134 24,332   Males 99 19,138   Under Investigation 0 3   AGE RANGE 3 months to 99 years 1 day to 108 years   PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES       Clarendon 7 2,400   Hanover 3 1,188  ...

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the total number of employed persons in January 2021 was 1,194,800. The number is 74,300 or 5.9 per cent lower than the 1,269,100 persons employed for the corresponding month last year, said the entity’s Director General, Carol Coy. She was providing details about the January 2021 Labour Force Survey, during STATIN’s...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) will open select Tax Offices this Saturday April 17 and Saturday April 24, 2021, as it continues in its efforts to bring greater convenience to taxpayers considering the recent amendments to the Disaster Risk Management Orders. Additionally, persons wishing to make payments for Property Tax may opt to utilise the added convenience of TAJ’s weekend operating...

Founder of the Honey Bun Foundation, Michelle Chong, says collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical in developing innovative solutions to support the micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) sector. “It is important for us to demonstrate that we can work together, because people who share a common vision are powerful when they work together,” she said. “We...

Jamaica’s expenditure on imports during the 2020 calendar year fell by 26.4 per cent to US$4.76 billion, relative to the previous year. This was disclosed by Director General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy, during the entity’s digital quarterly briefing on Thursday (April 15). Ms. Coy said the decline was largely attributed to lower imports of fuel...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has hailed the COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme and E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS) as prime examples of innovation in customer service. Speaking at a Jamaica Customer Service Association Leadership Forum and Service Excellence Webinar on April 14, he highlighted how the health pandemic demanded...

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is urging organisations and individuals across the region that wish to contribute to the disaster relief efforts for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to do so through their national disaster offices. In Jamaica’s case, that entity is the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). Speaking at a virtual press conference...