Stunned by the level of hurt being caused by persons involved in the illegal burning of tyres around the Riverton City dump, Minister with Responsibility for the Environment Daryl Vaz has vowed to introduce a zone of special operations (ZOSO)-type...
There are sizable increases for national security, education, tourism, the Office of the Prime Minister, and road repairs in the Government's Budget for the new fiscal year despite a $31 billion cut in the planned expenditure.The Government is...
Jamaicans should know how much the Government plans to spend in the new fiscal year when the Estimates of Expenditure for 2018-2019 are tabled in Parliament this afternoon.Before that, the broad outlines of projects and legislative agenda for the...
The owners of Caricel, Jamaica have sold their controlling interest to a South African entity, Involution Limited, ending a long running nightmare for the Andrew Holness administration.Since early last year, the Government has been trying to ease...
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips says the People's National Party (PNP) is ready to enter talks with the Government on a national anti-crime plan, but he argues that it was up to the Andrew Holness administration to take the lead."We have urged...
Police Commissioner George Quallo and Minister of National Security Robert Montague shared smiles, handshakes, and even a short embrace yesterday as they sought to dispel claims that their relationship had broken down.Following a meeting at the...
After more than 30 years in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Deputy Commissioner Novelette Grant is ready to take her leave.Grant spent her penultimate day in office yesterday, while indicating that she would be going off and returning in...
Member of Parliament for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, is projecting that the damage caused by the weekend's heavy rains in the parish will run into hundreds of millions of dollars.The assessment of the damage started yesterday, but Vaz told The Gleaner...
