Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it is committed to informing the public about threshold abuse. Threshold abuse is defined simply as misusing the income tax threshold. While it is not the most attractive subject matter, the issue has presented many challenges for uninformed taxpayers. Manager of Taxpayer Education at the Mandeville Revenue Service Centre, Marie McDonald, explains the concept in...

New Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says he is fully prepared to give of his best in serving the twin sectors that play a major part in sustaining the food needs of the Jamaican people. In an interview with JIS News, Minister Charles Jr. points out that he will be leading the charge to rebuild and strengthen...

Jamaica has been punching above its weight at World Expo 2020 Dubai, the six-month-long expo that got under way on October 1, 2021 and has seen an impressive 10 million visitors up to mid-January 2022. Taking advantage of its strategic location in the mobility area of the exposition grounds, Jamaica has attracted approximately one per cent of the total Expo...

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, has pledged to lead by example as the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) confronts the challenges to the nation’s peace and security. Rear Admiral Wemyss-Gorman, who was addressing the Change of Command Parade at Up Park Camp in Kingston on Friday (January 21), called on members of the Force to commit to...

A newly formed community disaster risk management group in the New River District of St. Elizabeth is positioning itself as the first line of defence against natural hazards and disasters. The five-member team of dedicated men and women have been active in the community since July 2021, sensitising and preparing the residents of New River to respond quickly to major...

Data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) show that the number of women securing employment is gradually increasing. According to STATIN’s October 2021 Labour Force Survey, of the 76,600 additional persons gaining jobs to expand the employed labour force by 6.6 per cent to 1,234,800, women accounted for 43,700. This out-turn represents 57 per cent of the overall additional...

Fifteen fishers from the Greenwich Town fishing village in Kingston are now the beneficiaries of new boat engines, which will enable them to expand their capacity for income generation and employment. The engines were provided under the Government of Jamaica’s Integrated Community Development Project II (ICDP II), which is being executed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). They will...

Students from two prominent St. James schools, Corinaldi Avenue Primary and the Montego Bay Infant School, were abuzz with excitement as both institutions reopened their doors for face-to-face classes on January 10. Principal (Acting) of Corinaldi Avenue Primary, Deon Stern-Anglin, told JIS News that of the 420 students expected to be in attendance for the first day back, some 376...

The Warsop Community Development Committee (CDC) in Trelawny and the Social Development Commission (SDC) have joined hands and heart to construct a house for an elderly woman in the community who has been living in less-than-ideal conditions. Seventy-one-year-old Violet Palmer is a widow and has no children. She has been depending on other relatives for shelter at a house that...