Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says that while “vulnerabilities” exist, Jamaica is finally in a different place of macro-stability, where its future is brighter than it has ever been. Dr. Clarke, who was speaking at Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis’ Benevolent Ball, at the RIU Ocho Rios Hotel on January...

Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, says he is pleased with the high level of attention being given to combatting the dengue outbreak, by residents and other stakeholders throughout St. Ann. Speaking to JIS News about the National Dengue Clean Up that lasted over two days from January 25 to 26 in several communities in St. Ann, Mr....

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says digital content is being developed to enable members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to train remotely. The Commissioner made the disclosure at the annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, which was held at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre in Montego Bay,...

Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe, says the NIA is pleased with the established partnership with the Ministry of Justice and looks forward to providing continued support. “We are pleased to see early signs of positive outcomes as a result of the many years of a continued partnership for the reform of the justice sector,” Professor...

Business persons who now fall below the new General Consumption Tax (GCT) threshold and are to be deregistered as taxpayers, will have the option to apply to the Commissioner General to be re-registered. This is being facilitated through amendments to the GCT Act, which were approved during Friday’s (January 24) sitting of the Senate. Leader of Government Business in the...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has acquired an additional 60 vehicles for the National Vector Control Management Programme, at a cost of approximately $400 million, to assist in further controlling mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue. Ten of the vehicles are already out in the field. Documents for the other 50 vehicles were handed over to the Directors of the...

The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries will be partnering with municipal corporations to speed up implementation of the National Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme. Minister without Portfolio, Hon. JC. Hutchinson, said that the Ministry intends to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the local authorities, which will see the entities carrying out critical work such as road scoping....