The portfolio of the Micro Investment Development Agency (MIDA) is to be transferred to the National Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and managed as a concessionary revolving loan programme for productive microenterprises. This follows Cabinet’s approval for the transfer. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, made the announcement while providing details on recent Cabinet decisions, during a virtual post-Cabinet...

Head Office to Close March 4 and 5, Attractions Remain Open with Strict Limitations The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) wishes to advise that our Head Office, located at the Office Centre Building in downtown Kingston, will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, March 4, 2021 and Friday, March 5, 2021. The UDC Head Office is scheduled to re-open for business on Monday,...

Jamaicans are encouraged to become familiar with and to utilise a host of estate planning tools to improve the process of estate administration after death. In addition to making a will, persons can employ other strategies that will direct how assets are distributed. Deputy Administrator General at the Administrator General’s Department (AGD), Stacie Ann Carty, speaking at a JIS ‘Think...

The Administrator General’s Department (AGD) is encouraging Jamaicans, particularly entertainers, to ensure they have a will in place for easier estate administration after death. The AGD is responsible for administering the estates of persons who have died without leaving a will, have left assets to administer and have children under the age of 18 years. Deputy Administrator General at the...

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will launch its premium offerings of same-day and next-day certificate production on Monday, February 22, 2021. To access both, persons are required to have been previously issued with a computer-generated certificate. Persons will be able to submit applications for same-day and next-day processing of birth, death and marriage certificates at all RGD locations islandwide. Chief...

Public officials can now submit their statutory declarations within their organisations. Previously, they were required to file declarations at the Integrity Commission’s office in New Kingston. All parliamentarians, members of the security forces, and public officials who are in receipt of total emoluments (salary and allowances) of $3.5 million and above, and persons required by notice published in the Jamaica...

The National Land Agency (NLA) is encouraging Jamaicans to trust the process of systematic land registration being undertaken by the agency and allow it to work for their benefit. The process aims to assist persons in obtaining the titles for property they have lived on undisturbed and undisputed for upwards of 12 years. “Systematic land registration is new; it is...