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GCT Act Amended For Re-Registration Of Business Persons

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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), is greeted by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (second left), at the handover ceremony for 50 new vector-control vehicles, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew on January 27. Observing (from left) are Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; and Dengue Project Manager, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Everton Baker.

Health Ministry Acquires 60 Vehicles For Vector Control Programme

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, addressing the opening of the rehabilitated Dragoon to Flagstaff road in St. James on Wednesday (January 22). The Minister also opened the Prosper to Tangle River roadway on the day.

Agriculture Ministry To Speed Up Farm Road Repairs

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens as Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson (at podium), provides details regarding the State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the Eastern Kingston Police Division. Occasion was a press conference to announce the declaration of the SOE at Jamaica House on Sunday (January 26). Also pictured (from left) are Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Rocky Meade; and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

SOEs Effective In Reducing Violent Crimes – Police Commissioner

Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA), Velma Ricketts Walker (second right) discussing the use of a gas analyser with Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Operations, Marlon Lowe (right), during a handover ceremony at the JCA head office in Kingston on Monday (January 27). Others (from left) are Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Border Protection, Alwyn Nicely; and British High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Anwar Ahmad. Six gas analysers, which will be used by customs officers to test the air quality inside containers, were donated by the United Kingdom (UK) Border Force.

Customs Gets Gas Analysers From UK Border Force

Chief Executive Officer of Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority, Dr. Eric Deans, speaks at a Special Economic Zone sensitisation session, held at the Spanish Court Hotel today (January 27).

6 years ago CommerceIndustry

JSEZA Hosts Sensitisation Session

The Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) today (January 27) hosted its first sensitisation session for 2020, targeting developers and occupants of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), at the Spanish Court Hotel, Kingston. The session focused on the importance of regulation and monitoring by JSEZA and the roles of Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) and Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) in the operation...

Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, addresses annual awards banquet of the Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ), St. James Chapter, at the S Hotel Conference and Event Centre, in Montego Bay, on Saturday (January 25).

6 years ago National Security and PeaceTechnology

JCF Boosting Connectivity

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is improving connectivity among police stations in the fight against crime. Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says the microwave communication network has been upgraded, and the system now carries five times the amount of data. “So by the end of 2021, every police station will be connected, so we can send data from...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, examine one of the newly acquired vector-control vehicles with mounted fogger, during the unveiling ceremony at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St. Andrew on January 27. A total of 50 vehicles were unveiled at the function. The vehicles will be given to the four regional health authorities to enhance their fogging activities across the island.

6 years ago CoronavirusHealth & Wellness

Cabinet To Get Update On State Of Readiness For Coronavirus

Cabinet will receive an update today (January 27) on Jamaica’s state of preparedness for the novel coronavirus (nCoV). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who made the disclosure, indicated that “when it comes to health threats, the Government is taking no chance, no risk; we are trying to be fully prepared”. He was speaking to journalists prior to the...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (foreground); Senior Superintendent of Police, Clive Blair (left); and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffiths (second left), tour the Old Harbour Police Station in St. Catherine, on January 24.

6 years ago National Security and Peace

Minister Says Security Forces Unwavering In Efforts To Catch Gang Members

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is assuring the nation that the security forces are unwavering in their efforts to nab gang members and dismantle their activities. Speaking to reporters at the Old Harbour Police Station in St. Catherine on February 24, after touring stations in the parish, the Minister said that with the recent conviction of a...

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw (left) listens to Donovan Taylor (right), during a meeting with sugar-cane farmers previously employed by the Golden Grove Sugar Factory in St. Thomas. The meeting was held at the factory in Duckenfield, on Friday (January 24).

6 years ago AgricultureCommerce

Gov’t Provides $200 Million To Assist Cane Farmers In St. Thomas

The Government will be providing $200 million to assist sugar-cane farmers in St. Thomas, who have been negatively affected by the closure of the Golden Grove Sugar Factory. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, made the announcement during a meeting with the farmers, at the factory located in Duckenfield on Friday (January 24). “We started out...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), engages with ‘Liz’ the robot, during the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) 15th Regional Investment and Capital Markets Conference, held recently at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Among those looking on are Senior Enterprise Architect at INNOVATE 10X, which manufactured ‘Liz’, Clive Beckford (left); the entity’s Supply Chain Analyst, Francis Miller (second right); and NCB Capital Markets Limited’s Chief Executive Officer, Steven Gooden (right).

6 years ago EnvironmentPrime Minister

Jamaica Will See Benefits Of Plastics And Polystyrene Ban – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the benefits to be derived from the ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene foam will materialise over the medium to long-term. He noted that as the society adjusts to the measure “you are going to see less plastics [and polystyrene] littering our communities and roads”. Additionally, he said “it is going to...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

6 years ago CoronavirusForeign Affairs

Foreign Ministry’s Update On Welfare Of The Jamaican Community In China

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is today providing an update on the welfare of the Jamaican Community in China in light of concerns raised regarding the spread of the Coronavirus across that country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith today advised that the Jamaican Embassy in Beijing has been...