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Income Tax Deadline is Today

Income Tax Filers have until 11:59 p.m. tonight (March 15) to file their final Income Tax Returns for 2023 and Estimated Returns for 2024, as ALL Companies, Partnerships, Self-employed individuals, employed individuals with other sources of income and all other...
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is in discussion with Chairman, Education Transformation and Oversight Committee (ETOC),  Dr. Adrian Stokes and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, during a press conference at the Overseas Examinations Commission in Kingston on March 14.
Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (right), is in discussion with Chairman, Education Transformation and Oversight Committee (ETOC),  Dr. Adrian Stokes and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, during a press conference at the Overseas Examinations Commission in Kingston on March 14.

High Degree of Implementation of Education Transformation Recommendations – ETOC
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange said Jamaica`s culture extends beyond singing and dancing.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange said Jamaica`s culture extends beyond singing and dancing.

Persons Encouraged to Engage in the Arts
Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Carolyn Rose Miller.
Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager at the Scientific Research Council (SRC), Carolyn Rose Miller.

SRC Committed to Boosting Innovation
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the Ministry’s townhall series, ‘On a PATH to Transformation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’, on March 13, at the St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church hall in May Pen, Clarendon and online. It was the second in a series of engagement sessions being hosted by the Ministry.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the Ministry’s townhall series, ‘On a PATH to Transformation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’, on March 13, at the St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church hall in May Pen, Clarendon and online. It was the second in a series of engagement sessions being hosted by the Ministry.

Persons Encouraged to Use the Appeals Process for PATH

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (sixth left), breaks ground for the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant Project in Content, St. Catherine, on Thursday (March 14). Others participating in the exercise include National Water Commission (NWC) Chairman, Michael Shaw (third left); Member of Parliament, St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita Garvey (fourth left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Arlene Williams (fifth left); Cabinet Secretary, Audrey Sewell (sixth right); Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (fifth right); Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (fourth right); Country Manager for Vinci Construction Grands Projects and Director of Rio Cobre Water Limited, Timothée Delebarre (third right); and NWC Vice President, Glaister Cunningham (second right).
Water

Ground Broken for US$77m Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant Project

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Thursday (March 14), broke ground for the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant in Content, St. Catherine. The project is valued at US$77 million or J$12 billion. The plant, to be built at a cost of US$77 million (J$12 billion), is expected to be the second largest in Jamaica. It will be able...
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce,  Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill delivers his remarks during the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) workshop on Wednesday (March 13), at the Courtyard by Marriott in Kingston. The three-part workshop series, titled ‘SEZ Unplugged’, targeted professionals, including attorneys-at-law, realtors, commissioned land surveyors, and financial professionals, and was designed to equip them with knowledge on investment opportunities within Jamaica
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PHOTOS: Minister Hill Attends JSEZA Workshop

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce,  Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill delivers his remarks during the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) workshop on Wednesday (March 13), at the Courtyard by Marriott in Kingston. The three-part workshop series, titled ‘SEZ Unplugged’, targeted professionals, including attorneys-at-law, realtors, commissioned land surveyors, and financial professionals, and was designed to equip them with knowledge...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace press briefing at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in New Kingston on Thursday (March 14). Listening is CHTA President, Nicola Madden-Greig.
Tourism

Record Visitor Arrivals and Tourism Earnings for Jamaica between January and February 2024

Jamaica welcomed one million visitors and generated tourism earnings of US$1 billion between January and February 2024. This, according to Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, “is a record that has never happened in the history of Jamaica”. “So, the good news is that Jamaica’s trajectory continues even against odds,” Mr. Bartlett added. He was speaking during Thursday’s (March 14) press...
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President of the St. James Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris.
Agriculture

Montpelier Agricultural Show April 1

This year’s staging of the Montpelier Agricultural Show in St. James will take place on Monday, April 1, beginning at 8:00 a.m. President of the St. James Branch of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Glendon Harris, told JIS News in an interview that patrons can expect many different displays. “Persons will be able to access chemicals used for insects and...
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From left: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Ambassador of the United States to Jamaica, Nick Perry, listen to Island Grill Founder and Chair of the National Commercial Bank Foundation (NCBF), Dr. Thalia Lyn, at the Diplomatic Days 2024 welcome reception on March 12, at the Ministry’s Port Royal Street offices in Kingston.
Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Diplomatic Days Welcome Reception

From left: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and Ambassador of the United States to Jamaica, Nick Perry, listen to Island Grill Founder and Chair of the National Commercial Bank Foundation (NCBF), Dr. Thalia Lyn, at the Diplomatic Days 2024 welcome reception on March 12, at the Ministry’s Port Royal Street offices...
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Executive Director of the non-governmental organisation, MultiCare Youth Foundation, Alicia Glasgow Gentles, speaks at a JIS Think Tank, on March 14. She noted that  300 at-risk youth in volatile communities are benefiting from targeted intervention for violence prevention, through the European Union-funded BRIDGE Project.
Foreign AffairsYouth

At-Risk Youth Benefit from EU Bridge Project

Approximately 300 at-risk youth are benefiting from targeted social interventions, under the European Union (EU) BRIDGE Project. The EU-funded project, which is implemented by a non-governmental organisation, MultiCare Youth Foundation (MYF), seeks to prevent youth crime and violence by targeting at-risk youth, aged 15 to 29, in specific communities. The project focuses on Building through Reintegration, Intervention, Development, Growth and...
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