Companies are able to obtain a Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC) at the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) upon the registration of a name. The TCC, which is processed by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), is an important document issued to an individual or company as proof that they are tax compliant and their payments of tax liabilities and wage-related statutory deductions...

The successful case management approach, piloted locally through the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) III, is being shifted to the Ministry of National Security’s Crime Prevention and Community Safety Unit. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank on Thursday (July 2), Acting Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Shauna Trowers, said that 18 case officers that worked under CSJP III...

Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dr. Kasan Troupe, says that all is in place for administering of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Approximately 58,720 students have registered to sit CSEC subjects and 16,184 for CAPE starting Monday, July 13. Orals for foreign languages have already...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, has announced a two-month extension of the Supporting Employees with the Transfer of Cash (SET Cash) and the Business Employee Support and Transfer of Cash (BEST Cash) components of the COVID Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme. Dr. Clarke, in a statement to the House of Representatives...

A Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has been declared for the community of August Town, St. Andrew. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Jamaica House on Wednesday (July 8). “The community of August Town has been assessed as a significant contributor to the level of crime in the St. Andrew...

Eight more COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been released from isolation, bringing the total recoveries to 599 (80.4% Recovery rate). At the same time, eight new imported/import-related cases have been recorded as at Tuesday (July 7). Jamaica now has on record 745 COVID-19 cases. The new cases consist of five males and three females with ages ranging from 20...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has so far spent $3.8 billion on efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Portfolio Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2020/21 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on July 7. A total of just under $6 billion has, to date, been budgeted...