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June 15 Tax Payments Now Due

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons that the following taxes are due on Monday, June 15, 2020:  Estimated Income Tax (2nd quarter)  Self Employed Statutory Payments (2nd quarter)  Statutory Deductions (S01) for the month of...

Improved Safety and Security Measures at Greater Portmore Wastewater Treatment Pond

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (FILE)

Mandatory Testing For Tourists

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, highlights a point while making his contribution to the debate on the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday (June 10).

Horse Racing Returns To Caymanas Park Saturday

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams.

Road Traffic Deaths Must Be Viewed As A Global Pandemic – Minister Williams

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, ON, PC, MP

6 years ago National Security and PeacePrime Minister

Prime Minister’s Statement On the Shooting Death of Policemen by Criminals in Spanish Town St. Catherine

I am deeply saddened to learn of the deadly turn of events which resulted in the death of at least two (2) members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the serious wounding of two others while on operation early this morning. The killing of law enforcement officers is an immeasurable tragedy and we will not rest until the perpetrators...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses a digital press conference at his New Kingston offices on Thursday (June 11).

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Six New Cases Of COVID-19

Six persons have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases in the island to 611 to date. At the same time, there was one additional recovery from the virus over the last 24 hours, putting the country’s overall recovery numbers at 408 or 66.8 per cent of those who have tested positive. Minister of Health...

6 years ago Finance & Public Service

SLB Waives Application, Processing Fees

All application and processing fees for loans from the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) will be waived for the 2021 academic year. This was announced by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, during his contribution to the debate on the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure during the sitting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday...

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, speaks at the opening of a High-Dependency Unit (HDU) building at the St. Ann’s Bay Hospital recently.

6 years ago Foreign AffairsHealth & Wellness

EU Provides Grant To Strengthen Health System

The European Union (EU) has approved a grant of €10 million to finance a project, titled, ‘Health System Strengthening Programme’, which is expected to bolster Jamaica’s health sector. This disclosure was made by Head of the EU Delegation to Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, at the recent opening of a Maternal and Neonatal High-Dependency Unit (HDU) at the St. Ann’s Bay...

Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. (Photo © PAHO/WHO)

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

PAHO Gets Can$7.5M To Boost Member Countries COVID-19 Response

Jamaica is one of 15 Caribbean countries and 23 across the Americas that will benefit from a Can$7.5-million (US$5.3-million) contribution that the Canadian government has pledged to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to boost the response of member states to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A statement from PAHO on Thursday (June 11) listed Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados,...

(FILE) Minister of Science, Energy & Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, makes her contribution to a panel discussion at the fourth Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday, February 27.

6 years ago TransportWorks / Construction

KMA Road Traffic Signals To Be Upgraded

The Government is looking to spend in excess of US$900,000 to upgrade the road traffic signal system across the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) this fiscal year. The project falls under the Urban Traffic Management System, which is a component of the Energy Management and Efficiency Programme. "We will be installing critical infrastructure such as traffic safety cameras, traffic signal battery...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C Hutchinson (right); and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh, listen keenly to a presentation at a virtual town hall meeting, held on Wednesday, June 10. The event, hosted by the Praedial Larceny Prevention Coordination Unit in the Ministry, was aimed at bringing together all stakeholder groups to implement anti-praedial larceny interventions to reduce losses in the sector.

6 years ago AgricultureCommerceFisheriesIndustry

Minister Calls On Persons To Report Cases Of Praedial Larceny

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, has emphasised that persons must report incidents of praedial larceny, if the scourge is to be eliminated. “I want to encourage more farmers and other stakeholders in agriculture to come forward and make reports to the police. It is the only way we can fight...