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Education Ministry To Roll Out School Resocialisation Programmes
Programmes to facilitate the resocialisation of students as part of measures to prevent violence and other deviant behaviours in schools will be rolled out across the island shortly by the Education and Youth Ministry. Speaking in a recent interview with...
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2022/2023 Property Tax Due April 1
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is advising all property owners that Property Tax payment for the 2022/2023 fiscal year, which remains unchanged, becomes due on April 1, 2022. The TAJ system has been updated to reflect the liabilities for the period and is now available for online payments. Persons will have until April 30, to make their payment without any penalty...
Work Continuing to Bolster Healthcare Service Delivery and Resilience
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Hon. Christopher Tufton, says work will continue during 2022/23 to bolster the public health system’s resilience and delivery of quality care to Jamaicans. “The pandemic, as you all know, has reinforced… the need… for us to reflect, to learn but also, very importantly, to press ahead, in urgency, with our plans to enhance the...
Citizens Encouraged to Provide Information on Criminals
Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is encouraging well thinking Jamaicans to provide the security forces with information about persons who engage in criminal activities. “If Jamaica is to move forward, every single decent individual who sees corruption, indiscipline, crime, gunmen, [and] scammers must have the courage, be brave, be a good Jamaican citizen to expose the lawless and the...
Tourism Speed Networking Event Attracts Over 100 Businesses and Buyers
Tourism stakeholders converged at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (March 31), for the industry’s seventh annual speed networking event. The engagement was hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network (TLN), in collaboration with the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), and...
Jamaica now has a Bush Fire Warning Index and Management System
Jamaica’s climate and disaster resilience capacities have been strengthened with the development of a Bush Fire Warning Index and Management System. The digital platform, initiated by the Meteorological Service Division (Met Service) in tandem with the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is expected to improve stakeholder capability to monitor developments relating to bush fires. It will utilise rainfall, temperature, soil type...
Teachers Urged to Tailor National Standards Curriculum to Students Needs
Assistant Chief Education Officer in the Curriculum Unit, Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Clover Hamilton-Flowers, is encouraging creative use of the National Standards Curriculum (NSC) to cater to the needs of individual learners. The call is in keeping with the recommendations of the Professor Orlando Patterson-chaired Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) report, which indicates that tailoring the application of...