Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has collected $2 billion under their Special Arrears Settlement Programme (SASP), since its launch in January. The programme is specially designed to waive/remit Interest, Penalty and Surcharge (IPS) accrued, once outstanding principal taxes are paid by March 31, 2025. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the Agency’s head office in Kingston on...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is looking to increase the supply of potable water islandwide from 78 to 85 per cent. This, according to Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who was addressing Friday’s (February 7) groundbreaking ceremony for the White Hall to New Market Water Supply Project in New Market, St. Elizabeth, at the Happy Grove Primary...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to securing Jamaica’s economic independence and resilience. This assurance comes in the wake of the recently announced halt in funding support provided under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes. Addressing a New Social Housing Programmme (NSHP) handover ceremony in Westmoreland on Friday (February 7), Dr....

The Government is looking to deliver 6,000 homes to Jamaicans islandwide under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) as they move to ramp up the initiative. This was announced by Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, while addressing Friday’s (February 7) handover ceremony for NSHP homes built in Westmoreland. “We (Government) are building the capacity to be able...

The Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice’s Social Justice Division is looking to undertake several resocialisation interventions this year, targetting children who have experienced trauma. The Cultural Resocialisation Intervention Project (CRIP) provides therapeutic healing for children through cultural resensitisation, cognitive restructuring, behaviour modification and the teaching of coping skills. The first intervention of the year was held...

As the National Education Trust (NET) celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is commending the entity for its critical role in advancing Jamaica’s education sector. This, she notes, through infrastructure development; scholarships; grants; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) expansion; technology integration; sustainable initiatives and strategic...

Managing Director of Universal Service Fund (USF), Charlton McFarlane (second left), uses his phone to access the Internet, following the launch of Community Wi-Fi in Clifton in Portmore, St. Catherine on Friday (February 7). He is joined by (from left), community member, Rosemarie McNaughty; Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Catherine Southern, Fitz Jackson; and Councillor for Greater Portmore North,...