Following the announcement in a release, by the Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. The Hon. Nigel Clarke, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to provide the public with further details of the extension of the relaxation of compliance measures that will now be in place up to September 30, 2020 and the implementation of other measures aimed at...

The Government’s three-year LED streetlights installation programme, being implemented by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), is expected to be completed by the end of the 2020/21 fiscal year. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says approximately 65 per cent of the overall target of 105,000 lights have been installed since the programme’s commencement in the 2017/18...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says work to build and renovate several markets islandwide is at varying stages of completion. He provided an update during his 2020/21 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (July 21), under the theme ‘Building National Resilience through Continuous Investment in Local Government’. Mr. McKenzie advised that...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has embarked on a project to improve its facilities islandwide. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Mike Henry, said the construction of a modern office building in St. Ann’s Bay, at a cost of $527 million, has been completed and will be opened in September. He also informed that $109 million will be spent to completely...

A total of 5,000 persons will be facilitated under this year’s renewal of the Government’s National Youth Summer Employment Programme (NYSEP), slated for August. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who indicated that the number represents an increase of 1,000 persons over the number of participants last year. He was making his...

The Employment Agencies Unit has continued to undertake routine inspection of private employment agencies to ensure compliance with the Employment Agencies Regulation Act as it seeks to place persons in overseas jobs. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Mike Henry, says figures for the 2019/2020 fiscal year indicate that close to 7,000 Jamaicans were placed in overseas jobs, mainly...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has placed emphasis on modernising the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) as part of a move to increase productivity and efficiency. “The scheme continues to provide financial protection to contributors and their families against loss of income arising from injury on the job, incapacity, retirement and the death of the insured,” Portfolio Minister, Hon....