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Come September 1, 2010, the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be implementing Section 121 of the Companies Act, which will provide for a penalty of $100 per day up to a maximum of $10,000, to be paid on all Annual Returns that are filed late. Addressing a JIS 'Think Tank' on August 26, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding says despite the reported reduction in all major crimes committed between June and mid-August, there is still much more work to be done by the security forces, to further reduce these. Speaking at the handing over of funds by three corporate entities for the restoration of the Darling Street police station, at the facility,...

Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon. Bruce Golding, joined representatives of the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in welcoming Miss Universe 2010 first runner-up, Yendi Phillips, at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, as she returned home on Friday (August 27). Miss Phillips placed second at the 2010 Miss Universe contest at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding is urging bankers to find innovative ways of earning profits or recovering losses, instead of imposing exorbitant banking fees and interest rates on customers. Mr. Golding said he was not suggesting that charges be reduced arbitrarily, but "it is not going to be acceptable to the consumers of banking services simply for banks to...

Beeston Spring in Westmoreland was named the Best Community in Jamaica at the National Best Community Foundation's award ceremony, on Thursday (August 26), at the Stella Maris Pastoral Centre in Kingston. The National Best Community Competition and Programme encourages local governance and sustainable community development through relevant programmes and self-help initiatives, annually. Priority areas judged in the competition are: built...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, has stressed the importance of macro-economic planners incorporating disaster risk management into national plans. "As planners, we can no longer sit back and wait to carry out post assessment of hazard impacts. We have to be proactive; we have to plan, rather than just respond to a crisis...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, has called for more investment in disaster management. Mr. Jackson said that, while the agency has been promoting disaster risk mitigation particularly at the community level, as one of its priority areas, there needs to be more investing in macro-economic mitigation infrastructure, such as coastal sea...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson has added his voice for an efficient, high quality public sector for good governance, and economic advancement. Speaking at the 17th annual public lecture, hosted by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND) at its old Hope Road campus, on August 19, he asserted that a public sector...

Jamaica has been lauded for the significant achievements it has attained in advancing disaster risk management. "The country has a national policy which other countries do not have, and Jamaica has an agency in charge of response and emergency, which other countries do not have," Division Chief, Rural Development, Environment and Disaster Risk Management at the Inter-American Development Bank, (IDB),...

Public sector workers and unions must appreciate their role in the country's delicate fiscal situation, as wage demands that push inflation, worsen debt, or compromise the Government's ability to improve the economy, will erode economic and social credibility. This caution was issued by Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson yesterday (Aug. 19) at the...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson says the Vision 2030 Jamaica National Development Plan incorporates many steps, to ensure that it is a viable option for the country. "It incorporates lessons learned from the errors of previous plans and all the best practices regionally and globally, and is flexible and responsive," the PIOJ Head...

Residents of Tredegar Park, St. Catherine, who have been traumatised by last week's attack on the community, were provided with counselling and therapy sessions at the Tredegar Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church Thursday (August 19). Senior Social Worker with the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), Berthlyn Plummer, speaking with JIS News about the social intervention that took place in Tredegar Park, St....