The press should be unbowed in its pursuit of the truth and not engage in self-censorship for fear of public backlash, says veteran journalist Kaymar Jordan, the new editor-in-chief of The Gleaner. Addressing a Press Association of Jamaica public...
The Caribbean Community (Caricom) led the world in ratifying the Paris Agreement on climate change. It also helped that the most powerful industrial nation, the United States (US), supported the pact when it committed to cutting greenhouse gas...
One of the Caribbean’s most influential political leaders says the United States should not worry about the deepening relations between China and countries of the region. “I don’t believe we have anything to fear from the Chinese,” said Dr Ralph...
While travellers passing through United States airports will breathe easier after a federal court ruled warrantless searches of phones, tablets and laptops unconstitutional, several Jamaicans have recounted tales of trauma about what they deemed...
Spain is being pitched by its ambassador to Jamaica as the preferred hub into the European Union, replacing the United Kingdom when Brexit takes effect. Ambassador Josep Bosch, who has touted centuries-long ties between Jamaica and his homeland,...
STUNG by the closure of the Golden Grove factory in Duckenfield, residents from the sugar belt of St Thomas say their member of parliament (MP) has been missing in action. Dr Fenton Ferguson is a six-time MP for Eastern St Thomas, having entered...
Jamaican and Caribbean leaders have been cautioned to avoid becoming victims in the Trump administration’s geopolitical gamesmanship. United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke says that she was not surprised that President Donald Trump invited a...
Motorists and other road users are being asked to exercise a “little more” patience as the National Works Agency (NWA) and its subcontractors work to bring properties along both the Constant Spring and Hagley Park roads on to the upgraded water...
Despite a four-spot improvement in Jamaica’s Ease of Doing Business Global Index ranking, captains of commerce still believe that enough is not being done to knock down bureaucratic hurdles. According to the latest World Bank annual rating, Jamaica...
Taxpayers have forked out at least $232 million in a soaring bill related to deployment in the Government’s widening security crackdown across more than a third of the police divisions across Jamaica, but a plethora of absent data means that the...
Some members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States of America say they are unwilling to “return and invest” on the advice of Ambassador Donald Tapia and instead have asked that the top American diplomat on the island impress upon local...
United States Ambassador to Kingston, Donald Tapia, used his first official speech to members of Government and the local business elite on Wednesday to implore Jamaicans living in America to return to their homeland and staunch the erosion of the...
Jamaica and Mexico are in talks around the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the evaluation of a Social Development Policy that will cover Latin American and Caribbean countries. The policy forms part of Mexico’s renewed foreign-affairs...
Residents of Mountain View are fearful that yesterday’s daring daylight murder of a reputed lieutenant of an eastern St Andrew crime lord could trigger a series of reprisals in the violence-plagued community. The incident took place at a medical...
Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams has indicated that due process was followed to allow American artiste Kanye West and his 120-strong gospel choir the right to stage last Friday’s Sunday Service concert at Emancipation Park in New Kingston. Pointing...
Jamaica’s political class has been accused by one of the country’s most high-profile honours inductees of betraying the legacy of Marcus Garvey and other national heroes and failing to prioritise the teaching of Afrocentric history. Dr Julius...
Stronger regulations and tougher enforcement are required to bring an end to environmental breaches, says Suzanne Stanley, CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET). Stanley has thrown her support behind the legal action being pursued by St...
Two major manufacturers are upbeat that news of a tentative deal brokered between the United Kingdom and the European Union will calm international markets and give a lift to local exporters even though Jamaica’s main trading destination is the...
Amid blistering criticism of the White House appointment of Donald Tapia as ambassador to Jamaica, a former envoy has warned of the dangers to international diplomacy when non-career campaign donors are parachuted into embassies. That caution was...
Some Jamaican teachers in Japan are reporting that they are safe after the passage of the worst typhoon to hit the Asian country in more than a decade last weekend. Seventy-four people reportedly died in the powerful Typhoon Hagibis, which roared...
Freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and other constitutional freedoms are not mere ‘paper rights’. They are important elements in the way we live as human beings, asserts University of Technology, Jamaica, principal Professor Stephen...
Head of the Centre for Reparation Research at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Verene Shepherd is calling for regional governments to do all that is within their power to improve the lives of indigenous peoples within their...
As the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) strolls towards its divestment goal, Chairman Dennis Chung has revealed that the country could be losing out on billions of dollars in potential investment. In fact, speaking at a Gleaner...
Former Junior Energy Minister Kern Spencer says he, more than most persons, would understand the emotional turmoil being faced by discarded Education Minister Ruel Reid and his four co-accused facing multiple criminal charges relating to alleged...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is deeply concerned about the protracted political crisis in Haiti and that it is also paying close attention to the increasing size and intensity of the protests with outbreaks of looting, vandalism, and...
