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82% REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF JAMAICANS DENIED ENTRY INTO T&T

Thursday, 20 April 2017

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade

Press Release

 Public Relations and Media Affairs Unit

21 Dominica Drive

Kingston 5, Jamaica W. I.

Tel:  (876)926-4220; Fax: (876)929-6733; e-mail: pr@mfaft.gov.jm

 

82% reduction in number of jamaicans denied entry into t&T

(MFA&FT Kingston: April 20, 2017)

USF PROVIDES MILLIONS TO BOOST INTERNET ACCESS

Thursday, 23 March 2017

KINGSTON, March 23 (JIS):

The Universal Service Fund (USF) has provided millions of dollars in support to libraries and educational institutions as the entity continues to carry out its mandate to provide 100 per cent Internet penetration across Jamaica.

            Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Chief Executive Officer at the USF, Suzette Buchanan, told JIS News that the Jamaica Library Service (JLS) has received $13.9 million to boost Internet access for users.

RETRIEVING UNCLAIMED BANK BALANCES

Thursday, 23 March 2017

KINGSTON, March 23 (JIS):

Each year, the Government publishes information on unclaimed balances in financial institutions for people to come forward to retrieve these sums.

Sums that remain unclaimed after such publication are turned over to the Government.

According to the Banking Services Act, 2015, unclaimed balances refer to monies that remain dormant in the possession or control of a banking institution for a period of 15 years or more.