Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, says the Montego Bay economy benefited significantly from the staging of the 2014 Caribbean Cup football tournament, which ended Tuesday night (November 18). In an interview with JIS News, Councillor Harris, who chaired the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the competition, said the direct financial injection into the economy of the city was...

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...

Maroons living in the community of Accompong Town, St. Elizabeth will soon have their own radio station. Abeng 88.7 FM, which will highlight the maroon culture, is being funded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at a cost of US$12,500. It will bring to 36, the number of radio stations operating in Jamaica. At a community...

Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller is calling on all state agencies to facilitate the development of innovators as the Government increases its focus on science and technology for economic development. “Some agencies have become too focused on their role as regulators to the detriment of their responsibility as facilitators,” Mrs. Simpson Miller said. She was speaking at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has hailed the 2014 Hanover Medical Mission as an example of the kind of partnership that is important in strengthening Jamaica’s public health system. Speaking at a reception at the Grand Palladium Resort in Hanover on Saturday, November 8, to launch the medical mission, the Prime Minister said it reinforces the importance...

Jamaica has successfully met and surpassed all targets for September under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Co-Chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, told journalists at its monthly press briefing on Thursday, November 6, that “this means that we are likely to pass the 6th quarterly IMF review.” A review of...

Jamaica’s development efforts in the areas of justice, environment and climate change and public financial management, have been significantly bolstered with a cash injection of €46 million from the European Union (EU). The money is being made available under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) National Indicative Programme (NIP), for the period 2014 to 2020. Speaking at a special ceremony...