Customers registering businesses and companies with the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will continue to experience longer processing time as the Agency’s express services remain suspended beyond the previously stated date of December 7, 2015. Persons registering companies and businesses will experience a seven and five day turnaround time, respectively. The Agency’s express and guaranteed service times are expected to...

The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is transitioning into phase two of its Revenue Administration Information Service (RAiS), which will be rolled out on December 7. As a result, the TAJ is advising that until December 6, some of its services will either be suspended or limited. Director of Communications at the TAJ, Meris Haughton, said these services include the processing...

The country’s Net International Reserves (NIR) as at the end of October 2015 stood at US$2.9 billion, putting the country in a better position to withstand external shocks. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, who made the disclosure at  the 9th staging of the dialogue for development lecture 2015, at the Jamaica Conference Centre, in downtown Kingston, Wednesday, November  25, noted that the NIR in...

Though her facial expression belied her emotions, Senior Director for the Planning and Development Division of the Ministry of Education, Barbara Annette Allen, deemed it an honour to be named 2015/16 Civil Servant of the Year. Ms. Allen, who has served the Ministry of Education for over 30 years, topped a field of four nominees, during the official launch of...

The economy is expected to record growth of between 0.5 per cent and 1.5 per cent for the October to December 2015 quarter. Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock, gave the growth forecast as he addressed the  quarterly media briefing at the PIOJ’s New Kingston offices on November 19. The positive growth projection is predicated...

Civil Servant of the Year, Senior Director in the Planning and Development Division of the Ministry of Education, Barbara Allen, is encouraging fellow civil servants to serve with dignity and courtesy. “At all times, just give of your best. It really doesn’t matter if anybody sees or knows, but when you go home, you will feel like yes, I have...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that the economy grew by 1.5 per cent in the July to September 2015 quarter, relative to the corresponding period in 2014. The entity’s Director General, Colin Bullock, said the figure represents the strongest growth recorded since the April to June 2014 quarter, and was largely due to a recovery in the...