May 2018

Unemployment in Jamaica at Record Low

May 04, 2018 in Regional

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica’s unemployment rate declined to a record low 9.6 per cent as at the end of January. That is down from the 10.4 per cent out-turn for the last quarter of 2017, and dips below the 9.8 per cent recorded in...

NIA extends four-month amnesty for illegal non-nationals

April 04, 2018 in National

The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) has given non-nationals residing illegally on Nevis another opportunity to regularise their immigration status with a four-day extension. The amnesty which was announced on November 23, 2017, officially concluded on March 31, 2018. However, Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and...