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The Tax Administration's annual Special Taxpayer Service Programme, which provides guidance to small business operators such as shopkeepers, taxi operators, farmers, hairdressers, on how to prepare their Income Tax Returns to meet the March 15 deadline is currently underway. During the eight weeks leading up to the March 15 Income Tax due date, approximately two hundred (200) sessions will be...

Jamaican born choreographer, Mr. Jackie Guy, has been named as one of the greatest black dancers of all time by the Voice newspaper. "I feel very humbled, but I am elated to be named among the greats as Sammy Davis Junior and Katharine Dunham. But I have worked very hard and from the many calls of congratulations that I have...

Former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, has emphasised that attention must be paid to customer service within the business sector. "This country which enjoys a high reputation worldwide for its hospitality in the tourism sector gets a low rating in so many areas of customer service. Standards vary widely in this country and it seems to me...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND), today (January 26), opened a three-day public/private partnership workshop, aimed at improving knowledge of these types of collaborations and how they can be useful in ensuring value for money in public procurement. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MIND, Mrs. Ruby Brown, described the workshop as another demonstration of the value of partnership in...

Public and private sector collaboration is critical to nation building, especially for developing countries, says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), Mrs. Ruby Brown. "The fact is no single country or entity can build success alone," she argued.Mrs. Brown was addressing chief technical officers, senior public service officials and private sector partners at the...

Business operators in western Jamaica are invited to participate in the mobile outreach service of the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), which began on January 25 and ends on January 29, as part of efforts to achieve a higher compliance rate among businesses, in terms of company registration and the filing of annual returns. Throughout the week, the mobile team...

As the Government prepares to enter into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), public sector workers are being reminded that they will have to increase efficiency and productivity, with reduced resources, particularly over the next three years. Speaking to registrants for the Tax Audit and Revenue Administration (TARA) post graduate diploma programme (cohort 26), at the Management Institute...

Members of the Senate extended their sympathies and condolences to Haiti, in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that devastated that nation, during its sitting at Gordon House in Kingston on Friday (January 22). Leader of Government Business, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, described the incident as "one of the darkest periods" in...

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has completed registration proceedings for the 14 persons who died in the December 19, 2008 accident in the Rio Grande Valley, Portland. The RGD has also completed similar proceedings for the seven girls who perished in the May 22, 2009 fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, St. Ann, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO),...

Over 8,500 pairs of shoes were collected on Saturday (January 23) and Sunday (January 24) in support of earthquake-hit Haiti, during a shoe drive held at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management's (ODPEM) headquarters at 2-4 Haining Road in Kingston. A collaborative effort between ODPEM and Well Heeled Jamaicans, a local charitable organisation, the event was held in...

Donald Johnson had journeyed all the way from Santa Cruz in St. Elizabeth to attend the inaugural Legal Aid Saturday held on January 23 at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston. He felt compelled to attend to get information relating to a matter he has in the courts. "I have a legal matter in the court and I thought,...

The Scout Association of Jamaica launched its year-long Centenary celebrations at a press conference in Mandeville Manchester, on January 23. Throughout the year, the organisation will stage several events to mark its entry into Jamaica from England in 1910, including District, Parish and Regional functions, an International Jamboree to be held on July 23 at the Essex Valley Agricultural Showground...