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The Government is putting up twenty-million dollars to help fund Premier League football in Jamaica for the upcoming football season. The announcement came from the Honourable Olivia "Babsy" Grange, Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (MICYS) as she delivered the main address at the National Premier League and Coco Cola National Under-21 Awards Ceremony at the Pegasus Hotel last...

The Office of the Children's Advocate has embarked on a new public awareness programme with the aim of significantly reducing the level of child abuse. Appealing to parents and guardians in particular to be responsible and careful in protecting their children, the programme comprises a series of public service announcements (PSA) on local radio and television. Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is urging all unregistered businesses and self-employed persons to take advantage of the tax amnesty, in which waivers of interest and penalties will be granted, across all tax types, once the principal sum owed is paid up. Mr. Shaw said Cabinet had decided that as a first step to increasing tax...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that the macroeconomic programme for the 2008/09 fiscal year is aimed at creating the conditions that can support sustainable growth into the medium term. The Minister, who was speaking yesterday (April 10) during the opening of the 2008/09 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, explained that the main...

Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that the non-debt capital expenditure for the 2008/09 fiscal year is set at $44.648 billion, representing a $20.02 billion or an 80 per cent increase over the actual expenditure of last year.He also informed that the allocations for the Ministry of Education, National Security, Roads and Bridges as well as...

The Government will, during the 2008/09 fiscal year, implement the consolidation of statutory deductions into one social security payment, as part of efforts to reform the country's revenue collection system. This announcement was made by Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, during his Budget presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday (April 10). "This is meant to be...

The Office of the Children's Advocate has embarked on a new public awareness programme with the aim of significantly reducing the level of child abuse. Appealing to parents and guardians in particular to be responsible and careful in protecting their children, the programme comprises a series of public service announcements (PSA) on local radio and television. Children's Advocate, Mary Clarke,...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is urging all unregistered businesses and self-employed persons to take advantage of the tax amnesty, in which waivers of interest and penalties will be granted, across all tax types, once the principal sum owed is paid up. Mr. Shaw said Cabinet had decided that as a first step to increasing tax...

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that the macroeconomic programme for the 2008/09 fiscal year is aimed at creating the conditions that can support sustainable growth into the medium term. The Minister, who was speaking yesterday (April 10) during the opening of the 2008/09 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives, explained that the main...

Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, has said that the non-debt capital expenditure for the 2008/09 fiscal year is set at $44.648 billion, representing a $20.02 billion or an 80 per cent increase over the actual expenditure of last year.He also informed that the allocations for the Ministry of Education, National Security, Roads and Bridges as well as...

The Government will, during the 2008/09 fiscal year, implement the consolidation of statutory deductions into one social security payment, as part of efforts to reform the country's revenue collection system. This announcement was made by Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, during his Budget presentation in the House of Representatives yesterday (April 10). "This is meant to be...

The Hanover 4-H Cubbies showed off their skills in naming and taking care of plants and animals, public speaking and other areas, at the 2008 Parish Achievement Day held recently at the Hopewell High School. The youngsters, age five to eight, competed in mounting mini displays, reciting poems; identifying seeds, pets and plants; colouring posters; among other things. Introduced last...