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On Wednesday, March 15, the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), formerly the Office of Registrar of Companies (ORC), will be effecting changes in the fees charged for the registration of business names. Speaking with JIS News, Compliance Manager at the COJ, Christine Morris Gillespie noted that "the fees for registration of a new business, whether it is a sole trader...

Cabinet has given the go-ahead to Ashtrom Building Systems Limited to undertake civil and electrical works at Majestic Gardens, which is located on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. The contract, valued at $56.2 million, is being funded by the National Housing Trust (NHT) and is part of the company's Inner City Housing Project, which seeks to improve the infrastructural needs...

Cabinet has approved the award of a $64.5 million contract to Trinidad and Tobago-based publishers, Eniath's Printing Company Limited to print primary school textbooks for the 2006/2007 school year. The contract represents the cost for the printing of primary textbooks for primary and all-age schools under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture's Primary Textbook Programme. Information Minister, Senator Burchell...

Group Managing Director of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Ruth Potopsingh has urged students to treat energy conservation as a special project, by giving priority to energy use in their schools and homes. Mrs. Potopsingh issued the challenge while giving the main address at an awards ceremony for the PCJ's conservation and efficiency poster competition, at the Corporation's Trafalgar...

As the countdown to the staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 continues, with a year and a day to go, officials are assuring the public that plans are on track for the West Indies to host the best event in the history of the sport. Speaking at a press conference on March 10 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel,...

The ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 is currently in the middle of developing its contingency planning report, which is due before the ICC at a Board Meeting in Barbados on May 11. Speaking at a press briefing on March 10 at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, CWC 2007 Venue Development Director, Don Lockerbie said that Subhan Admad, an official from...

ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Venue Development Director, Don Lockerbie has emphasized that every seat at each venue for the tournament would be available to patrons, regardless of gender. Mr. Lockerbie gave the assurance at a recent press briefing at the Hilton Kingston Hotel, while responding to concerns about whether or not some areas in cricket clubs, which traditionally are...

Small business operators and self employed persons in St. Ann are being encouraged to access free professional assistance being provided by the Tax Administration Directorate, and make their returns to meet the deadline of Wednesday, March 15. To this end, the Directorate hosted a tax forum at the Almond Tree Restaurant in Ocho Rios on Monday, March 13. "After the...

The Calvin McKain Library at the University of Technology (UTech) is to be expanded, as part of the university's five-year Master Plan to improve the facilities at the campus and provide more comfortable study amenities for the undergraduate and graduate students attending the institution. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman announced the expansion of the library at yesterday's (March 13)...

Cabinet has approved the award of a $25 million contract to Alfrasure Structures and Roofing Limited for the construction of a two-storey, four-classroom block at York Castle High School in St. Ann. The construction falls under the Provision of the Critically Needed Secondary School Places Programme, which has been established by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture. Speaking at...

State Minister for Transport and Works, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has said that a special programme has been put in place for the upgrading of the Bogue main road in St. James. "When I last visited Montego Bay, we spoke about the Bogue Road. In consultation with my senior minister, we have been able to put the Bogue Road on a...

Minister of Health, John Junor, is urging Jamaicans to practice family planning to reduce poverty, child and maternal mortality and the spread of HIV/AIDS.The Minister was speaking at the re-launch of the Lenworth Jacobs Clinic, which is celebrating 44 years of service to the downtown Kingston community, at a special ceremony held recently on the clinic grounds on East Street....