The Caribbean region has become a “global example” for gender mainstreaming, says wife of the Prime Minister and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness. Addressing the recent 2023 Nevalliance International Women’s Conference, at the Hofstra University in New York, United States (US), Mrs. Holness said the process of assessing the implications for women and...

Scores of students from Denham Town High School in Kingston have benefited from support to better handle conflicts through the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education and Youth’s restorative justice (RJ) school tour. Denham Town High is one of 500 schools being targeted for the intervention, which aims to promote alternative dispute resolution measures as a means of...

Jamaica has started the process of onboarding import/export services provided by the main cross-border regulatory agencies (CBRAs) of the Jamaica Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT) platform. “When completed, this will result in tremendous improvement in the cost and time to trade across borders,” Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, said. Mr. Hill was speaking at...

Real estate developers are being urged to seek authorisation before executing projects to avoid stringent penalties, including imprisonment. Acting Chief Operating Officer of the Real Estate Board (REB)/Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC), Cresfroid Brown, made the appeal recently while speaking with JIS News. The call specially applies to practitioners engaging in more than one development over a 24-month period and...

A Tax Compliance Certificate (TCC) is a fundamental requirement for persons wishing to conduct business in Jamaica, says Technical Specialist at Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), Colleen Williams. A TCC is necessary to ensure that an individual or an organisation is tax compliant, and that all tax liabilities and wage-related statutory deductions are up to date, where applicable. Addressing a virtual...

A proposal to increase the stipend for jurors who serve in the nation’s courts has been submitted to the Ministry of Justice says Director, Court Administration Division (CAD), Tricia Cameron Anglin. “We recognise that it is really low and so, we have made [a recommendation]. I can report that the Minister of Justice (Hon. Delroy Chuck) and the National Council...

Efficiency in the operations and performance of the Court of Appeal has been bolstered by a Differentiated Case Management (DCM) system, says President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Patrick Brooks. The system is designed to transform court processes by reducing delays and eliminating the backlog of cases. During a ‘Conversation with the Judiciary’ forum, held at the Spanish...