Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2008 | 12:26 PM
The tax administration department is urging employers to put the necessary arrangements in place to facilitate the increase in the income tax threshold.
Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2008 | 12:26 PM
The Police High Command is working to ensure that adequate security measures are in place for the various New Years Eve celebrations across the island.
Published:Wednesday | December 31, 2008 | 12:08 PM
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is defending its decision to install tamper proof power lines, which could affect the electricity supply to legitimate customers.
The Minister with Responsibility for Youth, Olivia Grange, says she is concerned about the reported response of the Police to previous reports that a child who was left alone in an abandoned building was being abused.
The National Workers Union (NWU) says it is disappointed that the planned divestment of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ), scheduled to be finalised today, will not materialise.
Tonight’s staging of the fireworks display at the Kingston waterfront is expected to go on as planned despite calls for the celebration to be cancelled.
The ministry of labour has extended the deadline for the addition of approximately 115,000 persons to the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education, PATH.
The driver of the truck that was involved in an accident, which resulted in the deaths of fourteen people, is to undergo another day of counselling by personnel from the Constabulary Force today.
The Office of Utilities Regulation, OUR says its concerned about plans by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), to install tamper proof cables in some communities.
The 19-year-old woman who reportedly left her 2-year-old child in an abandoned building on Spanish Town Road in Kingston last week is to undergo another round of questioning from the police.
At least two members of the clergy say the call for a national ceasefire in January will not work unless there are social intervention programmes in affected communities.
Head of the Peace Management Initiative (PMI), Bishop Herro Blair, says the establishment of the National Transformation Programme will not negatively affect the work of the PMI.
