Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise the public that its Spanish Town Tax Office located at 1 Twickenham Park, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, will reopen on Wednesday, September 9, 2020. The reopening follows deep cleaning and sanitization, undertaken on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 in response to the report of a confirmed Covid-19 case of a member of staff. The...

The National Water Commission is reporting that it has scaled back some of its operational activities at the St. Andrew based Marescaux Road branch as part of COVID- 19 precautionary measures. Deep cleaning and sanitization actions are now underway at the location. Customers and the general public should note that the commercial office is separated from the operational division and...

The National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank) is accepting applications for its coronavirus (COVID-19) CARE Tourism Grant. Applications for the $1.2-billion grant programme close on September 30. Managing Director of the EXIM Bank, Lisa Bell, told JIS News that the grant is part of the Government’s COVID-19 Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) programme and is targeted at registered...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, says that a series of new protocols to govern the community transmission phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19) will be unveiled over the next week. Dr.Tufton had announced last Friday (September 4) that the country had reached community transmission, which means that there will be significant increases in the number of...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is not contemplating locking down the country at this time as part of measures to deal with the spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. “I know that there have been a lot of discussions and rumours about a lockdown, but the Government’s position on this has been very clear – we...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise the public that its Spanish Town Tax Office located at 1 Twickenham Park, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, will be closed Tuesday September 8, 2020. The closure is in response to the report of a confirmed Covid-19 case of a member of staff. The office is being closed to facilitate deep cleaning and sanitization,...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging employers to continue to allow staff to work from home, where possible, as the country enters the community transmission phase of the coronavirus (COVID-19). “We are encouraging businesses to facilitate the work-from-home order if they are able to do so,” Mr. Holness said, during a virtual press conference on Monday (September...