Kingston: All is set for tomorrow’s official start of the highly anticipated 2017 Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship, which gets out of the blocks with the Western Championship at the Montego Bay Sports Complex. The five-meet Digicel series has a prize package totalling $15 million in scholarships and prizes for top athletes and their…
Portmore Informatics Park expansion under way
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) breaks ground for the development of 150,000 sq ft Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) space at the Portmore Informatics Park in St Catherine on February 16. He is joined by (from left): President and CEO of the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry…
TAJ still having problems printing motor vehicle titles
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sources at the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) have confirmed that the agency is still having issues as it regards to the issuance of motor vehicles titles. “There is indeed an issue with the issuance of motor vehicle titles in the island”, the source told OBSERVER ONLINE, adding that the agency will…
KSAC to hike building application fees
. A resolution seeking to increase the fees charged by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for building applications was approved at the council’s meeting on Tuesday. Under the new schedule, the proposed building application fee for residential single-and multi-family units will be increased from $65 per square metre to $160 and $220 per…
VM Unit Trust acquires The Towers
VM Wealth Unit Trust has acquired The Towers at Dominica Drive in New Kingston from Cable and Wireless Pension Fund, which first put the building on the market more than eight years ago to disappointing results. The acquisition was the first purchase by the unit trust’s new property fund, according to Rezworth Burchenson, deputy CEO…
Kevin Downswell to receive Award from the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association
THIS month, Kevin Downswell will receive the Gospel Artiste Award from the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) at its annual ceremony. Downswell, whose third album All The Way was released last year, is gratified at the recognition. “The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association is Brand Jamaica. To be honoured as one of reggae music’s ambassadors, one…