Opposition spokesman on Justice Senator Mark Golding has chided Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte for encroaching on the portfolio responsibilities of Justice Minister Delroy Chuck and National Security Minister Robert Montague.Speaking...
Published:Wednesday | July 6, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
The Government has announced that it will be pumping massive resources over a three-year period into the national security apparatus to reduce the wave of murders that has been unleashed by criminal elements, particularly in western Jamaica.National...
An executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is to be appointed in less than two weeks, according to the chairman of the agency's board, Dennis Chung.He said the new executive director of the company will be held to...
Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte has sent a strong signal that the Andrew Holness administration is prepared to make radical changes to cramp the spiralling murder rate, declaring that some "fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to...
Published:Wednesday | June 29, 2016 | 6:35 PMEdmond Campbell
Effective September 1 this year, nearly 11,000 National Health Fund (NHF) beneficiaries 18 yeats and under will benefit from a 100 per cent increase in subsidy on pharmaceuticals covered under the programme.The current subsidy for the particular...
Head of Cooperation at the European Commission JÈsus Orus Baguena says he will be seeking to meet with government officials to discuss the findings of the auditor general on the Cane Expansion Fund (CEF), which is financed by the European Union (EU...
Published:Wednesday | June 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
With a chronic shortage of critical-care nurses in Jamaica, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that the Government intends to ramp up its training programme this year.At present, there are 137 critical-care nurses, with the health...
Published:Wednesday | June 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Highlighting a Jamaica health and lifestyle survey, which indicates that nearly half of Jamaicans are classified as having low levels of physical activity, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has suggested that this inactivity has led to an...
Admitting that she was "overwhelmed" by a plethora of complaints in relation to the inefficiency of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson has given the assurance that plans are already under way to...
Political commentators have signalled that it is time that Jamaica's political parties unshackle themselves from the fear of challenging for the leadership of their parties, noting that the constitutions of both organisations have embraced...
Up to late yesterday, speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles, did not receive instructions from the leader of government business or his opposition counterpart regarding a proposed statement to be tabled by Opposition Leader Portia...
Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Making a case for banks to increase the level of credit to the private sector in order to help grow the economy, State Minister for Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams said that Jamaican banks are adequately capitalised, their non-...
Published:Thursday | June 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
In the wake of a split decision yesterday by the United States Supreme Court blocking US President Barack Obama's immigration plan, which sought to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, a former Jamaican diplomat is urging...
Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2016 | 6:51 PMEdmond Campbell
With Jamaica's public bodies collectively owning more than $1 trillion worth of assets and failing to make a positive impact on the country's gross domestic product (GDP), the Andrew Holness administration is moving to hold these enterprises...
Opposition Spokesman on National Security Peter Bunting says the recently released report on the commission of enquiry into the May 2010 operation by the security forces to serve an extradition warrant on Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, has vindicated the...
Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
The panel of commissioners that conducted the Commission of Enquiry into the deaths of 73 civilians and a member of the Jamaica Defence Force in west Kingston during the May 2010 operation by the security forces has recommended that the Government...
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has received mixed reviews from stakeholders in the health sector, a little more than 100 days after he took charge of the health portfolio.President of the Nurses' Association of Jamaica, Janet Farr, says she...
When an enthusiastic Alando Terrelonge, member of Parliament (MP) for St Catherine East Central, volunteered to read the prayers in Gordon House on Wednesday, little did he know that his own actions immediately after invoking the presence of the...
President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Warren McDonald is urging national security minister Robert Montague to move urgently to establish a committee on crime comprising key stakeholders.He told The Gleaner that the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce...
A decision by the Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) to employ five board members in key managerial positions paying them a sum total of $25 million has been reported to Parliament by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis.The Government oversight...
Faced with questions about his planned purchase of a multimillion-dollar house, Member of Parliament for South East St Andrew Julian Robinson has released details of the reports he has filed with the Integrity Commission, setting out his income and...
There has been a change in the scope of work currently taking place at the National Heroes Park to construct a perimeter fence.The change of scope has resulted in an extension of the project from August to the end of September.Tony Darling, project...
Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2016 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate Mark Golding has raised concern about the placement of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) in the super Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.Golding argued that what was needed in...
Densil Williams, economist and executive director of the Mona School of Business and Management, says Jamaicans should brace for a massive tax package come April 1, 2017, to fund phase two of the revised so-called $1.5 million tax-relief initiative....
"I am hurt." An uncharacteristically emotional confession from Opposition Senator K.D. Knight in the Upper House yesterday as he responded to a suggestion by Finance and the Public Service Minister Audley Shaw when he closed the Budget Debate in the...
