Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison seemingly broke ranks with the leadership of her union on Monday when she refused to sign the compensation package that a record number of delegates voted to accept on Sunday. In a...
Despite plans this year to add 50 new buses to its fleet, the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) is projecting an operating loss of $11.4 billion for the upcoming financial year. This represents a $2.6 billion increase in the cash-...
President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Metry Seaga, has not relented in his call for the Integrity Commission (IC) to clarify questions about its handling of a report and ruling on the alleged conflict of interest involving...
Integrity Commission (IC) Executive Director Greg Christie has strongly rejected calls for his resignation, declaring that he has been unbiased in his duties over the last three years at the anti-corruption agency. The commission’s publishing of a...
With data from recent studies showing that 23.3 per cent of Jamaican students aged 13 to 17 were overweight and/or obese, a medical practitioner is suggesting that the number may have spiked because of COVID-19 lifestyle disruptions. Dr Natalie...
Testy exchanges characterised a debate on a resolution to establish a bicameral sessional select committee of women in Jamaica’s legislature on Friday after one opposition lawmaker questioned the constitutionality of the move. The resolution had to...
The proposed dramatic increase in the mandatory minimum sentence from 15 to 45 years could render prisoner rehabilitation useless, a rights activist has said. Executive director of Stand Up for Jamaica, Carla Gullotta, theorises that those...
As the Financial Services Commission (FSC) prepares to face tough questions from journalists today about the nearly J$3-billion investment fraud at Stocks...
A recommendation by the Opposition Leader Mark Golding for members of his shadow cabinet to sign the leadership code of conduct prepared by the Integrity Commission (IC) has been accepted by the anti-corruption body. Golding submitted to the...
Principal Director of National Integrity Action, Professor Emeritus Trevor Munroe, is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding to promptly sign the leadership code of conduct sent to them for signature by the...
Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) Chairman Orville Hill has defended his organisation’s decision to approve the design for the new-look Devon House courtyard amid public debate over the changes, which critics say have dealt a severe blow to...
Anxiety is growing among nurses in the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) after a second day of disappointment left them empty-handed, having not yet received salaries and arrears under the new compensation system. Finance and the Public...
More than two weeks after the Integrity Commission wrote to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding, asking them to sign a ‘Leadership Commitment to Code of Conduct’, both leaders were yet to ink the document up to December...
Former managing director of the Transport Authority, Willard Hylton, has criticised Transport Minister Audley Shaw as being out of touch and ineffective, citing his “chaotic” management among the chief reasons he did not renew his contract. Hylton...
Describing Jamaica’s dangerous criminals as rats who went into hiding during the just-expired states of emergency (SOEs), National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has pledged that the security forces will hunt down and detain the perpetrators of...
With the Opposition blocking the Government’s attempt to extend the current states of emergency (SOEs) beyond two weeks, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding says a constitutional amendment could be considered to allow for an initial period of up to...
Jowayne Smith, a final-year music student at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, was a picture of gratitude after learning that he was one of three students named to receive the Jah Jerry Scholarship for the current academic...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang has said he does not believe that embattled State Minister J.C. Hutchinson should again be sanctioned for fresh allegations of conflict of interest and nepotism...
Robert Montague, chairman of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is batting for law-abiding Jamaicans to be allowed visa-free entry to the country’s major trading partners such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Montague, who...
Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Andrew Holness, has castigated his detractors for seeking to extract political gain from the state of disrepair of the nation’s roadways. In his address to thousands of party supporters at the National...
The Government is now engaged in talks with Washington to target Jamaican dons in the United States who wield resources and influence to direct murders and crimes back home. Addressing supporters at the 79th annual conference of the Jamaica...
“Shocked and humbled” are the emotions expressed by Lennox Wallace, parish manager of St James Health Services, when he was declared Civil Servant of the Year 2022 in the Management Category at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in St Andrew on Friday...
A police oversight body has unearthed several issues it says has weakened the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Marine Division’s effectiveness in preventing and combating crime along the coastline and in the island’s territorial waters. The...
Despite announcing that the freshly declared states of emergency (SOEs) have received support from members of the parliamentary Opposition, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the Government he leads could face a familiar hurdle when the security...
Opposition Spokesman on Education Senator Damion Crawford has urged the Government to urgently implement a raft of new initiatives suggested by the People’s National Party (PNP) to tackle violence and indiscipline in public schools. In a press...
