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Government is not imposing General Consumption Taxes (GCT) on electricity or water. Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, has said that at no time was any reference made to imposing GCT on these utilities. In his budget presentation to the House yesterday and at a further press briefing this morning, Finance Minister Audley Shaw stated...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, Friday (April 3), called on countries of the European Community to re-examine current visa regimes, in order to give Jamaican creative personnel easier access to European markets. Speaking on the second of a two-day International Conference on 'Creativity and Culture', in Brussels, Belgium, the Minister said that while the recently-signed Economic...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, Olivia Grange, has lauded the determination and commitment of the Sunday Herald, which has kept the newspaper going for over a decade. In a message delivered by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Faith Innerarity, at the Herald's re-launch and Advertisers Awards Ceremony 2008, on Monday (March 30) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Miss...

The Tax Administration Services Department (TASD), is reminding property owners that Property Tax payments for 2009/2010 are due on Wednesday, April 1. Payments may be made at any of the 29 tax offices across the island; online at www.jamaicatax.gov.jm or via the electronic drop boxes installed at major tax offices for cheque payments only. Director of Public Relations at the...

Executive Director of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Harold Davis, has urged business owners to do research on existing marketing trends, the condition and status of markets and improve efficiencies in the operation of the businesses. "It comes down to two things: you have to have a firm handle on what the market is saying to be able to...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, the Hon. Olivia Grange, wants to ensure a successful switch from analogue to digital television when Jamaica decides to make the move. The Minister urged members of the National Steering Committee for the Digital Television Switchover to pool their talents to ensure a successful digital switch over in Jamaica. She was speaking at...

Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports(MICYS), the Hon. Olivia Grange, says that the condition of Chief Justice, Mrs. Zaila McCalla, is back to normal. "She is back to normal, she has stabilised, she is alert, she is conversing well and she is very comfortable," Miss Grange said in a statement to JIS this afternoon. However, she added that Mrs....

The Ministry of Mining and Telecommunications is to introduce a Minerals Development Act, aimed at creating a modern, diversified and efficient minerals industry, as well as protect the environment and add value to the economy. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Marcia Forbes, said that the ministry is working assiduously, to formulate the Act which will provide a forward-looking legislative framework...

Despite the challenges associated with the global economic downturn, the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) is reported to have performed "creditably" during the first nine months of the 2008/09 fiscal year. This is according to a brief provided to journalists by the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth, and Sports, Olivia Grange during Wednesday's (Feb. 11) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica...

Representatives of various sections within the music industry as well as from a number of agencies will join the Prime Minister, the Honourable Bruce Golding and the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports, the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange for the meeting tomorrow morning (Friday, 13th February) at Jamaica House to discuss appropriate action to deal with negative and lewd...

In an effort to halt the broadcasting of inappropriate music on the public airwaves, the Broadcasting Commission has implemented several regulatory actions relating to broadcast media content. Speaking at a press conference today (Feb. 9) at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, Chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, Dr. Hopeton Dunn, said that the directives have been taken to rid the...

Hundreds of persons attended this afternoon's official funeral service for the late Senator and former Member of Parliament, Ryan Peralto, at the Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church in Kingston. Among those paying tributes was Prime Minister, Hon. Bruce Golding, who spoke highly and fondly of Mr. Peralto, while stressing how important service to his country had been to his late...