Finance Minister Fayval Williams says the planned reduction in the GCT on electricity is part of a bigger plan to bring down electricity costs.
On Sunday Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced that GCT on electricity will be reduced from 15% to 7%, after the next budget in March next year.
The People's National Party (PNP) has called for Mayor of May Pen Joel Williams to step down and allow for the installation of a mayor from the People's National Party.
The call from PNP President Mark Golding follows victory in last Friday's by-election in the Aenon Town Division in Clarendon.
The Met Service has upgraded the Flash Flood Watch to a Flash Flood Warning for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St. Mary and Portland.
It has also issued a Flash Flood Warning for St. Ann.
Opposition leader Mark Golding says the critical task of making bureaucracy more efficient and less costly to users of government services, needs continuous attention.
He states that achieving efficiency will require changes to laws, rules and regulations.
Adult citizens are being urged to engage more with the youth, and guide them as to what is and isn't appropriate behaviour.
This, in the wake of a viral social media video depicting a young girl being sexually and physically assaulted by a young boy, while several other boys in the room watched.