Hundreds of students across the parish of Clarendon turned out for the HEART Trust/NTA’s career fair held at the St. James Methodist Church in May Pen on November 19. The community intervention was held as part of efforts to expose students aged 17 and older to the diverse training options provided by the institution; job seeking skills; professionalism in the...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) wishes to advise ALL employers that effective January 1, 2015, they will be required to electronically file their Employers Annual Return (S02) online via the Tax Portal www.jamaicatax.gov.jm. This means that all S02 returns filed as of the New Year are to be e-filed, as such returns filed manually will not be accepted. This new requirement...

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, November 11, passed amendments to the Mortgage Insurance Act, aimed at making mortgages more accessible for persons seeking to acquire a home. The Bill seeks to increase from 90 per cent to 97 per cent, the percentage of the appraised value of the property on which mortgage indemnity insurance is granted; and to vary...

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be implementing water restrictions as it moves to address an island-wide shortage in supply of the commodity due to unseasonably low rainfall since May. By this weekend, a prohibition notice will be issued on the washing of vehicles, watering of lawns, filling of swimming pools among other activities. Persons found to be in breach...

Urban Development Corporation (UDC) General Manager, Desmond Malcolm, says the agency is continuing its acquisition and refurbishing of historic and derelict buildings in downtown Kingston, to provide more office space for public and private sector entities. He says this engagement, which complements renewal efforts being carried out in that section of the city by the Kingston Restoration Company (KRC), will...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, wants a policy instituted that will make the provision of schools, and health and security facilities, requirements for all housing developments undertaken. To this end, the Minister says he will be lobbying Parliament’s and relevant state agencies’ support to develop such a policy. “Housing developments are always welcomed. However I am asking for the...

Thirty-two housing solutions are to be constructed in Majesty Gardens, South West St. Andrew, by the National Housing Trust (NHT), at a cost of $175.2 million. Ground was broken for the project on March 26, by Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller. Construction of the units will result in the completion of Phase 1 of the Majesty Gardens...