An event titled, ‘Echoes of Sound Systems’, will be held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, on Saturday, February 29. It is one of the many events to celebrate this year’s Reggae Month (February), being held under the theme ‘Come Ketch di Riddim’. During February, there will be 29 days of Reggae day-and-night activities islandwide. Speaking at a...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has planned a second town hall meeting for the parish of Westmoreland, on Thursday, January 30, as part of the Government’s dengue-eradication drive for the parish. The meeting will be held at the Bethel Town Baptist Church, starting at 6:00 p.m., and will provide an opportunity for residents to pose questions about the mosquito-borne...

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...