Customers of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) are being advised to utilize the electronic Business Registration Form (eBRF) to register their new business names and new companies. Persons can access the Form via the COJ’s website, www.orjamaica.com from any location globally. Public Relations Officer of the COJ Kawain Fearon told JIS News that customers are also being encouraged to...

The National Health Fund (NHF) is calling on persons living in Seven Miles and Eight Miles in Bull Bay, St. Andrew, to get their prescriptions filled through its mobile unit, which is making the rounds in the area. The NHF started serving the communities on March 15; two days after the Government declared the community a quarantine zone on March...

Residents will play a major role in Stamping Out Littering and Illegal Dumping (SOLID) in communities says the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Executive Director, Audley Gordon. Speaking with JIS News, Mr. Gordon said the programme will address areas that have become “eyesores” across the island. “Illegal dumping is a problem. People just find a convenient spot when nobody...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is encouraging the use of their online payment system, to reduce crowding at TAJ locations and assist in minimizing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19). Corporate Communications Officer at the TAJ, Leighton Beckles told JIS News that many of the services can be accessed online. Some of these include the So2 (Employers’ Annual returns), which is...

Community members in quarantine in Seven and Eight Miles Bull Bay, St. Andrew are being encouraged to utilise the services of the National Health Fund’s Mobile Drug Serv Unit. The area was declared a quarantine zone by Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on March 13, in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The NHF...

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin, is urging churches which will remain open during the social distancing period, to have no more than 20 persons at their gatherings . Mr. Pitkin was speaking to journalists during a press briefing at the Faith Temple Assemblies of God Church, in Montego Bay, St. James on Friday (March 20). He...

Effective 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, Jamaica’s airports and seaports will be closed to incoming passenger traffic for a period of 14 days. However, outgoing passengers and cargo will be allowed. This announcement was made by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Friday (March 20), where he informed that Jamaica...