The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) is appealing to parents and guardians not to send their children to unregulated early-childhood institutions (ECIs). Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank today (January 30), Director of Regulations and Monitoring at the ECC, Dr. Tracy-Ann Morgan-Smith, said this practice puts the children and nation at risk. She pointed out that the greatest challenge...

Employees are being encouraged to be responsible in making disclosures of improper conduct within their respective organisations to the Integrity Commission (IC) or to a Prescribed Person. “It is important that you make the disclosure if it is that you want to maintain a very fair, a very open, transparent and a very ethical environment to work in,” Manager of...

Jamaica is currently experiencing unprecedented levels of investor interest, thanks to a positive economic environment says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking recently during the 19th Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Regional Investment and Capital Markets Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, Mr. Holness stated that “global investors, who in the past would have seen Jamaica...

Guided tours of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) field station in Mason River, Clarendon, will be the principal activities marking this year’s observance of World Wetlands Day in Jamaica on February 2. The scheduled engagements, to be spearheaded by the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), which is the administrative authority for the National Ramsar Convention (NRC) in Jamaica, will...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), in partnership with Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), will host a two-day workshop from January 31 to February 1, 2024 to assist businesses with filing their taxes. Dubbed ‘Tax Talk’, the workshops will be held via the Zoom platform, starting at 10:00 a.m. daily. To be conducted by Tax Education Officers, the workshops will expose...

The largest block of Spanish hoteliers and investors, Inverotel, has indicated their commitment to training, housing and pension for Jamaican tourism workers. This follows a meeting with Inverotel on Friday January 26, led by Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett. The meeting was among Minister Bartlett’s top priorities while he was in Spain for FITUR, the largest international tourism fair....

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining wants more farmers to get involved in goat rearing. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, said the small ruminant sector in Jamaica needs support to meet the local demand. “We love our curried goat, but about 80 per cent of that is imported. Often it is mutton or sheep. We are not meeting our...