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State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), communicates by sign language with student of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit, Dillanno Lawrence. Occasion was the presentation of eight tablets, donated by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union to students of the school, at the credit union’s May Pen Branch office in Clarendon on Monday (December 13).
State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Robert Morgan (left), communicates by sign language with student of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit, Dillanno Lawrence. Occasion was the presentation of eight tablets, donated by First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union to students of the school, at the credit union’s May Pen Branch office in Clarendon on Monday (December 13).

PHOTOS: Tablets handed over to students of Lister Mair Gilby High School for the Deaf-May Pen Unit

 
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda.
Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Karl Samuda.

360,000 Beneficiaries To Receive One-Off $10,000 Grant December
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett delivering remarks via video at the Tourism Product Development Company’s (TPDCo) HIV Awareness Webinar held recently. .
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett delivering remarks via video at the Tourism Product Development Company’s (TPDCo) HIV Awareness Webinar held recently. .

Tourism Workers Urged To Take Charge Of Health
Spectrum Management Authority Managing Director, Dr. Maria Myers Hamilton.
Spectrum Management Authority Managing Director, Dr. Maria Myers Hamilton.

Importers Urged To Ensure Wireless Devices Are Approved For Jamaica
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, addresses a ceremony to officially open the 444-suite Ocean Eden Bay Hotel near Falmouth, in Trelawny, on December 9.
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, addresses a ceremony to officially open the 444-suite Ocean Eden Bay Hotel near Falmouth, in Trelawny, on December 9.

JCTI To Launch Platform To Connect Employers And Tourism Workers

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Finance & Public Service

Fourth Quarter Tax Payments due December 15

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reminding business persons that their 4th quarter Estimated Corporate Income Tax and Self-employed Statutory Payments are due on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. These include: Estimated Corporate Income Tax (4th quarter) Self Employed Statutory Payments (4th quarter) Stamp Duty (4th quarter) Trade Licence Withholding Tax  Additionally, employer’s monthly Statutory Payroll Deductions (S01) for the month of November are due on December 14.  Business persons are reminded that...
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Participants in the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) Youth Mayor Competition Robing and Awards Presentation Ceremony which took place during the HMC’s recent monthly meeting. Front row (from left) Youth Councillor, Christopher Campbell, Rusea’s High School; Youth Councillor, Rachel Coach, Hopewell High School; Teacher/Coach, Hopewell High School, Ann-Marie Galloway; Youth Deputy Mayor, Allison Trench, Rusea’s High School; Youth Mayor, Timothy Kent, Rhodes Hall High School; Dean of Discipline/Coach, Rhodes Hall High School, Greogory Hewitt; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, HMC, Romeo Daley. Joining them in the back row (from left) are Councillor Marvell Sewell, Green Island Division; Councillor Fearon DeCarish, Chester Castle Division; Councillor Devon Brown, Hopewell Division; Chair Civic and Community Affairs Committee and Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant; Teacher/Coach, Rusea’s High School, Cyleo Clarke; and HMC Chairman and Lucea Mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.
Local Government

Lucea Youth Mayor Cites Citizens’ Resilience As Key To Jamaica’s Post-COVID-19 Recovery

The 2021 Youth Mayor for Lucea, Hanover, Timothy Kent, has cited the resilience of Jamaicans as pivotal to building a stronger country in the post-coronavirus (COVID-19) era. The 18-year-old, who is a grade 11 student at Rhodes Hall High School in Hanover, topped the five entrants participating in this year’s Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) Youth Mayor Competition, which was staged...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, and Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, arriving for the recent official opening of Ocean Eden Bay Resort in Falmouth, Trelawny
Tourism

Prime Minister Encourages Greater Utilisation Of Entertainment In Tourism

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says entertainment remains an important value-added product which should be utilised more strategically within the tourism industry to enhance the sector’s growing fortunes. Mr. Holness, who was speaking at the recent official opening of the 444-suite all-inclusive Ocean Eden Bay Resort in Falmouth, Trelawny, said entertainment and culture are “low hanging fruits” on...
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Local Government

St. James Southern Being Targetted for Major Development

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says St. James Southern is prime for major rural infrastructure development. Speaking with journalists on Friday (December 10) during a tour of several communities in the area, Mr. McKenzie said the Government will be looking to undertake several engagements, based on the citizens’ needs. These, he informed, include the provision...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) converses with Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, during a tour of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland on Thursday (December 9).
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Emergency Repairs to be Undertaken at Savanna-La-mar Market

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says $50 million will be set aside to undertake emergency repairs at the Savanna-la-Mar Market, in Westmoreland. Mr. McKenzie was addressing a press briefing after a tour of the facility, on Thursday (December 9). “Once the necessary estimates have been provided, I have instructed the Chief Technical Officer in the...
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