6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 3, 2014
Employment Tax Credit Takes Effect. Unregulated companies and self-employed individuals engaged in a trade, vocation or profession are now entitled to claim a non-refundable Employment Tax Credit (ETC)...
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Radiation Alert – Harmful Elements Detected At Ports In Shipments From Japan. Jamaica Customs authorities have revealed that in the last 13 months, tests conducted at the nation’s ports have confirmed...
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Heat Over Hylton – Parliament Comes To Boil As Gov’t Stands By Appointment Of Tivoli Commissioner. Attorney General Patrick Atkinson yesterday accused the parliamentary Opposition of seeking to...
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More Kids Being Forced Into Sex Trade By Families. The increasing number of teenage girls and boys being forced into a life of prostitution to help support their families has raised a renewed cause for...
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Unwelcome Patients. The Cornwall Regional Hospital’s (CRH) ability to deliver top-flight health care is reportedly being compromised by patients who are well enough to go home, but have made the...
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Scammer Appeal – Commish Wants Secret Disclosures From Mobay Business Interests; Bunting Calls For Emergency Measures. Commissioner of Police Dr Carl Williams is calling for business operators in...
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Tourism Arrivals Gains Holding
New data released from the Jamaica Tourist Board revealed that Long Stay Arrivals were up 3.3% versus October 2017 to reach a new all-time high for the month of 162,552. That is considerable growth...
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Cooper’s Hill Primary Students Learn Innovative Agriculture Techniques
“Farming can be very creative,” said Aika Nakakomi, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteer, as she scooped up a handful of compost and sifted it in a plastic barrel cut vertically in...
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How Many Of These 12 Things Did You Know?
Jamaica is a land full of history and all sorts of interesting things to learn and know. Here are just a dozen of these things: 1. This town clock’s tower was paid for by one of Jamaica’s German...
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Inflation Unchanged For November 2018
The inflation rate for the month of November 2018, registered 0.0% – or completely unchanged. This is remarkably, the second unchanged reading of the year (with May being the first) and even more...
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5 Things to Know About Ms Universe Jamaica 2018
Following in the footsteps of Kaci Fennel and Davina Bennett, this year’s Ms. Universe Jamaica is Emily Sara-Claire Maddison. Here are five things to know: Emily is just 19 years old. She is a...
View ArticleNo Unfair Advantages With Plastic Ban – Senator Samuda
Government Senator Matthew Samuda says there will be no unfair advantages for manufacturers and distributors under the impending January 1, 2019, single-use plastic ban. He was speaking at a ‘Consumer...
View ArticleManagement Of HWT Transport Centre Transferred To Transport Authority
The Management of the Half Way Tree Transport Centre in St Andrew has been transferred from the Port Authority Management Services Limited, a subsidiary of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), to the...
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Outreach Outlet
Our aim as an organization is to build a better Jamaica by building those individuals who often have no one to build them. We hope to foster a nation of caregivers with kindness and compassion at the...
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Fuel Prices – How Much Of It Is Taxes?
Hopefully you are enjoying the lowest gas prices since March 15, 2018. This is in part due to the lowest crude oil prices since July 16, 2017. However, we know that Petrojam uses the Weekly Gulf Coast...
View ArticleJamaica Calendar of School Terms and Holidays – Academic Year 2018-2019
Please find below Jamaica’s Ministry of Education calendar of school terms and holidays for the academic year 2018 to 2019. Here you will find opening and closing dates for Jamaican schools, when...
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The Jamaican Startup Ecosystem – Who, What, Where and More
While the Jamaican startup ecosystem is growing fast, many aspiring entrepreneurs don’t know about all of the local resources available. Turns out that lots of people and organizations are doing lots...
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Murder in Jamaica 2018
According to statistics, 2018 saw 1,287 murders, down sharply by almost 22% from the 1,641 murders observed in 2017. This number was even below that of 2016, but slightly ahead of 2015. Even with the...
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Reggae Month 2019 Calendar, Playlists, Trivia and More
In 2008, the Government of Jamaica declared February as ‘Reggae Month’ to highlight the impact of the musical genre on the country’s social, cultural and economic development as “a month of activity...
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A Few Facts about Reggae Month
The Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown February is Reggae Month. Traditionally, February is celebrated as Black History Month in the United States, Canada and the UK. However, Reggae Month in the...
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