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The Tax Administration Directorate is encouraging persons needing assistance to file income tax returns for 2005, to use its toll free helpline, 1-888-TAX-HELP (1-888- 829-4357). Taxpayer Information Specialist at the Tax Helpline, Nadia Williams, told JIS News that the toll free number allowed persons to ask questions pertaining to any local tax matter, ranging from income tax to motor vehicle...

The St. Andrew 4-H Parish Advisory Council yesterday (Feb. 21) launched a block drive, through which it hopes to raise $500,000 for the rehabilitation of the Salisbury Plain Training Centre. Speaking at the launch of the fundraising event held at the 4-H head office in Kingston, patron of the St. Andrew 4-H Clubs and chairman of the Guardsman Group of...

The St. Ann Health Department will be embarking on a rodent control programme in the Discovery Bay area, to help stem the level of rat infestation and reduce the risk of disease transmission, particularly leptospirosis. "A survey that was carried out in the Discovery Bay region revealed that a number of communities in the area were infested with pests," Vector...

Jamaican playwright and screenwriter, Trevor Rhone, best known for co-writing the internationally acclaimed film, 'The Harder They Come', will be the focus of the Caribbean Cultural Theatre's (CCT) upcoming Classic Caribbean Stage and Screen Series. The six-day event, starting on March 17, 2006, will pay homage to the writer, producer, director, and actor who has worked for more than 40...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) is working towards gaining approval to offer all three levels of the BSc. in Public Sector Management, which it offers through collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Those who wish to enroll in any of the three MIND/UWI programmes for the 2006/07 academic year, the deadline for submitting applications...

Three hundred local, regional and international investors are expected to converge on Kingston for a major business investment forum to be hosted by Prime Minister P.J. Patterson. Some 140 investors have already confirmed their attendance at the forum which will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Thursday, February 23. Included in the activities for the investment...

President of the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), Sandra Carnegie-Douglas has thanked Prime Minister P. J. Patterson for his legacy of visionary leadership and outstanding record of political fortitude and dedication to Jamaica. "Your 'tallawah' characteristic in standing up to international powers loom prominently in the records of your achievements," she said. Mrs. Carnegie-Douglas was speaking at a ceremony held at...

Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickersgill has assured workers of the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 that the construction arm of Bouygues Travaux Publics Construction Company, Trans Jamaica Highway, would remain in Jamaica for another 30-odd years. The Minister, who toured the Portmore Causeway in St. Catherine today (Feb. 21), was responding to the concerns of several workers who were...

America's leading rating agency, Standard and Poors, has maintained Jamaica's 'B' (stable) rating, noting that, "the ratings on Jamaica are supported by the Government's ongoing commitment to fiscal discipline and debt reduction amid external shocks". In its latest update on Jamaica, Standard and Poors cited Jamaica's "higher growth prospects", boosted by strong inflows of foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the...

Information Minister, Senator Burchell Whiteman has disclosed that Cabinet has given the go-ahead for the National Insurance Fund (NIF) to lend $50 million to the National Development Foundation of Jamaica (NDFJ), to support the Foundation's small enterprise development programme. Minister Whiteman, who was speaking to journalists at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing today (February 21), at Jamaica House, said...

Cabinet has given its approval for the acquisition of some 83.4 acres of land at Galleon Beach in St. Elizabeth by the Ministry of Water and Housing. Minister of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman made the disclosure today (February 21), while addressing journalists at the weekly post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. He pointed out that the acquisition of the...

Cabinet has given its approval for the compulsory acquisition of the Devon House property by the Commissioner of Lands, with a view to developing the site as a means of promoting Kingston as a tourism destination. The decision to acquire the property comes against the background of the protracted difficulty the government has experienced in trying to locate Craft Things...