The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is reporting that the inflation rate for April 2020 was 0.2 per cent. The rate was impacted by the reduction in the GCT from 16.5 per cent to 15 per cent which took effect April 1 this year.
The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology and the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), have agreed that more will be done to address customers’ concerns about high electricity bills.
Government rethinking its decision to reopen some venues; tags and passports to become mandatory for cattle; and NIS pension encashment continuing this month.
Jamaicans encouraged to use jamcovid19 website, persons urged to report those who breach quarantine orders and protocols for the reopening of daycare facilities to be published soon.
On this edition of Jamaica House Weekly, government outlines new COVID-19 protocols, hands over new homes in Portland and St Catherine and Prime Minister declares new Zone of Special Operations.
High-profile inmates who are believed to be issuing instructions to accomplices on the outside are to be moved to newly constructed cells. National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang says the new cells will be equipped with technology that jams communication signals. The first 24 inmates will be moved within one week, as part of ongoing efforts to curtail criminal activity.
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