Acting Assistant Commissioner of Taxpayer Services, Venice Ricketts, is imploring self-employed and small business operators to utilize the services offered by the Special Taxpayer Service Programme. Speaking with JIS News,...

Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad Tobago, the six CARICOM member states, which adopted the Single Market on January 1, yesterday (January 30), signed the formal declaration signaling the...

Freight forwarders, shipping and airline agents can expect to see a 50 per cent reduction in the processing time of cargo when the Jamaica Customs Department introduces the electronic manifest...

Minister of State for Industry and Tourism, Dr. Wykeham McNeill has said that the annual Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival has a tremendous impact on the hospitality industry, as...

The Customs Department at the Sangster International Airport yesterday (Jan. 26) hosted a 'Customer Appreciation Day' for arriving passengers, as part of activities to mark International Customs Day. The occasion...

The 2004/05 financial year saw significant strides being made in the enhancement of the regulatory framework of the Financial Services Commission (FSC) with the introduction of and amendments to several...

The Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) is in discussions with the National Housing Trust (NHT) and the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), to obtain funding to complete projects in the 2006/07...

Acting Managing Director of the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB), Milverton Reynolds is predicting that the 2006/07 financial year will be a very profitable one for the JMB. "We really expect...

The year 2005 was indeed an eventful one, filled with the hopes and expectations of creating a buoyant and dynamic labour force capable of rising to the challenges of regional...

President of the Jamaica Manufacturer's Association (JMA), Doreen Frankson has said that Caribbean countries must be cognizant of the changes in the international marketplace and that the region's negotiating machinery,...

The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is encouraging disabled persons to acquire their specially designed identification cards in order to benefit from the concessionary fare available to them. Disabled persons,...