Opposition Spokesman on Energy Phillip Paulwell on Tuesday took the Holness administration to task for what he deemed its failure to act on the recommendations of the Zacca Petrojam Review Committee in respect of the future of the state-owned oil...
PRESIDENT OF the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has described founding member and party stalwart Osmond Theodore (OT) Fairclough as a visionary who, at the time of its founding, understood the need for a party that was qualified to lead...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has indicated that his ministry will be resurrecting a pilot project to introduce animal therapy at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital in St Andrew to help patients cope with physical and mental...
People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell impressed upon scholarship awardees the value of a solid education as a lifesaver during Saturday’s O.T. Fairclough Trust Fund Educational Grants award ceremony. The 11 recipients...
Opposition lawmaker Julian Robinson is asking persons in the private sector and civil society to be more vocal about standards for good governance, even as he called for more qualified professionals to make themselves available to serve on public...
After more than two and a half years since Prime Minister Andrew Holness broke ground for a new town centre for St Thomas, work is set to finally get under way in February. The projected completion cost is now at $6 billion, a tripling of the...
Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Kamina Johnson Smith, has given the assurance that potential loopholes in the legislation governing the reporting requirements for real estate developers will be addressed when the laws come up for...
Senator Lambert Brown found himself in the cross hairs of President of the Senate Tom Tavares Finson during Friday’s sitting of the Upper House, when he tried to use his endorsement of the amendments to the The Sisters of Mercy of Jamaica, British...
On Friday the Senate was reminded of the selflessness, vision, kindness and charitable acts of the pioneering Catholic Sisters who, among other things, founded the Convent of Mercy (Alpha) Academy and whose legacy continues to impact the Jamaican...
Permanent Secretary in the recently formed Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Wayne O. Robertson, on Wednesday assured the Public Accounts and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of Parliament that his team had hit the ground running even...
Major poultry producers Jamaica Broilers and Caribbean Broilers have cautioned the Holness administration against the proposed suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET), as well as stamp duties on imported leg quarters. That action, it is...
Government Senator Don Wehby on Friday assured the nation that he would undertake personal oversight of the long-promised unemployment insurance scheme, to ensure that it becomes a reality. His comments come more than a year and half after Finance...
Despite the threat from strong economic headwinds with global inflation rates also a major factor to contend with in 2022, the Jamaican economy is on a solid platform to withstand these challenges, according to Don Wehby, government senator and...
Mindful of the learning loss that has befallen Jamaican students who have been kept from face-to-face classes for almost two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Education and Youth has taken steps to ensure that all the protocols...
No country can develop effectively without investing in its people and with the aim of empowering everyone, says Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica Masaya Fujiwara. This is why the Japanese Embassy’s development assistance programme for the island is...
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will today partner with Portmore’s parish disaster coordinator to facilitate an earthquake drill in Sovereign Village in the municipality to gauge community awareness, readiness...
Following on the recent installation of a Wi-Fi hotspot in Portmore Gardens, St Catherine South Eastern Member of Parliament Robert Miller is promising more infrastructural development projects for what he says is a long-neglected constituency....
Pledging a sustained effort to save lives and restore law and order, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang said the Government will be ramping up forces over the next two months in the zone of special operations (ZOSO) imposed in Parade...
Veteran trade unionist Senator Lambert Brown has challenged the Andrew Holness administration to quickly pass legislation that would provide greater protection for workers employed on fixed-term contracts, who, he says, are being denied basic wage...
Two years past the original completion date of January 2019, the revised completion date for the Broadgate to Agualta Vale roadworks on the St Mary to St Andrew corridor is in danger of being missed again, despite 96 per cent of the work done. A...
The recall of Floyd Green to the Cabinet without any conclusive pronouncement by the police on the alleged no-movement day violation over which he resigned his portfolio as minister of agriculture and fisheries sends a very dangerous signal to the...
Opposition Senator Donna Scott-Mottley on Friday renewed the call for the identities of persons listed on the Sex Offenders Registry and the crimes for which they were convicted to be made public, citing the case of disgraced deceased pastor Kevin...
Finance Minister Nigel Clarke has stoutly defended the Government’s decision to pay off a US$50-million debt to the Bank of Nova Scotia on behalf of the National Water Commission (NWC). Describing the decision as a step in the right direction,...
As of today, it will be mandatory for all individuals or companies importing any of the commodities regulated by the Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) to make their applications via the digital platform, Jamaica Single...
A slight pickup in sales but nothing to write home about is what two providers of industrial and school uniforms in downtown Kingston are reporting, despite the announcement by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information that schools should...
