Repairs have been completed on 29 of the 39 schools that were prioritised for attention during the 2022/23 fiscal year, says Education and Youth Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams. The Minister, who was addressing the Office of the Prime Minister’s Face-To-Face Townhall Meeting on Education at Jamaica College in St. Andrew recently, said works on the remaining institutions are either 90...

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To ensure public safety and smooth traffic movement, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has increased its presence in several town centres across the island. Head of the JCF’s Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gary McKenzie, said with the reopening of schools, more persons are traversing the roadways, and the number of law enforcement...

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 due on September 14. These include: • Statutory Deductions (S01) for August • Estimated Corporate Income Tax (3rd quarter) •...

The preservation of trees is critical to sustaining Jamaica’s development, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda. Minister Samuda, who made the comments at the recent launch of the Forestry Department’s National School Tree Planting Competition at the agency’s offices in Constant Spring, St. Andrew, said planting and...

Approximately 7,000 students who sat this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations and are deemed in need of special assistance with their academics, will receive support from the Ministry of Education and Youth during the 2022/23 school year. Some $29 million is slated to be spent by the Ministry to undertake special assessments for students categorised on Pathway Two and...

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