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September 15, 3rd Quarter Tax Payments Due

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons that their 3rd quarter Estimated Corporate Income Tax and Self-employed Statutory Payments are due on Thursday, September 15, 2022. Additionally, Employer’s Monthly Statutory Payroll Deductions (S01) for the month of August are...
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second right), observes as Forestry Department Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry (right), presents a plant to Director of the Jamaica Public Service Company Foundation, Winsome Callum (second left). Occasion was the recent launch of the Forestry Department’s School Tree Planting Competition, at the agency’s offices in Constant Spring, St. Andrew. Looking on is President, Fraser, Fontaine and Kong Limited, Gerrard Fontaine.
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (second right), observes as Forestry Department Chief Executive Officer and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry (right), presents a plant to Director of the Jamaica Public Service Company Foundation, Winsome Callum (second left). Occasion was the recent launch of the Forestry Department’s School Tree Planting Competition, at the agency’s offices in Constant Spring, St. Andrew. Looking on is President, Fraser, Fontaine and Kong Limited, Gerrard Fontaine.

Preservation of Trees Critical to Sustaining Jamaica’s Development – Minister Samuda
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left, seated), listen as Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, answers questions during the Office of the Prime Minister’s Face-to-Face Town Hall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 9).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), and Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (left, seated), listen as Acting Chief Education Officer in the Ministry, Dr. Kasan Troupe, answers questions during the Office of the Prime Minister’s Face-to-Face Town Hall meeting at Jamaica College in St. Andrew, on Friday (September 9).

Education Ministry to Provide Support for Students with Special Needs This Year
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Saturday September 10, 2022
Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy.
Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy.

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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the welcome ceremony for the 18th annual USA Travel Advisor Golf Tournament at Sandals Ochi Rios Beach Resort in St. Ann, on Saturday (September 10).
Tourism

Jamaica Records Best Summer Tourism Outturns Ever This Year

Jamaica has, this year, recorded the best stopover visitor arrivals figure and foreign exchange earnings for any summer period in the country’s history. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, indicated that “we have 5,000 more visitors than in [the summer of] 2019, which was a record year; [and] the better news is that our earnings in the summer [of 2022 are]...
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Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen, signs a Condolence Book, which was opened for Her Majesty, The Queen, at King’s House on Saturday (September 10).
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Condolence Book Opened at King’s House for the Queen

A Condolence Book has been opened at King’s House for Her Majesty, the Queen, who demised on Thursday (September 8). The Book was signed by the Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, when it opened on Saturday (September 10). From September 11 to 12, the Book will be signed by the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition,...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the audience at the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) Face-to-Face Town Hall Meeting on Education on Friday (September 9), at Jamaica College in St. Andrew.
Education

Gov’t Focused on Closing Gap in Education

The main goal of transforming Jamaica’s education system is to close the inequality gap in students’ learning experiences and outcomes, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has said. He noted that critical to accomplishing this objective is standardising resources and strengthening the accountability framework within the sector. “The objective of the transformation is to keep the schools that are...
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