Further to the announcement of extended curfew hours under the Disaster Risk Management Enforcement Measures, the Registrar General's Department wishes to advise its valued customers that all RGD offices will be closed to the public on March 26, April 1 and April 9 2021 respectively. The following services will be temporarily suspended as follows:- Next Day Service - March 25-26...

Further to the announcement of extended curfew hours under the Disaster Risk Management Enforcement Measures, the Registrar General's Department wishes to advise its valued customers that all RGD offices will be closed at 10:30am to the public on March 26th, April 1 and April 9, 2021 respectively. We apologise for any inconvenience that his may cause. Please be reminded that...

Public officials are being urged to submit their statutory declarations within their respective organisations. Previously, they were required to file declarations at the Integrity Commission’s office in New Kingston. However, the Commission has taken steps to decentralise the collection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. All parliamentarians, members of the security forces, and public officials who are in receipt of...

A virtual ceremony to announce the new Poet Laureate of Jamaica will be held today, Wednesday, March 17 at 11:30 a.m. The Poet Laureate is generally selected from amongst a country’s most esteemed and accomplished poets. The event is being organised by the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport. It...

The deadline to register for the next Voters’ List is Wednesday, March 31. The list is scheduled to be published on May 31, 2021. Persons intending to have their name added to the Voters’ List must apply in person at any Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) constituency office. Individuals who register after March 31 will have to wait to be...

The All-Jamaica Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined by 0.1 per cent for February 2021 as released today by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). The decline in the inflation rate was mainly attributed to a fall of 1.3 per cent in the index for the heaviest weighted division, ‘Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages’. However, increases of 1.4 per cent in the...

Jamaica is to submit its first report on the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention (Convention 189). This follows Cabinet’s approval for its submission. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, who made the disclosure, informed that Jamaica’s report to the ILO provides an overview of the measures the Government has instituted to enforce the Convention, including...