Published:Thursday | October 15, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
A 24-year-old male, who had no chronic illnesses and was gainfully employed, got involved in a fight and was chopped on the chest and arms then rushed to a hospital in a taxi.There are...
THE MINISTRY of Health has vowed to tackle the increase in mosquito population across all parishes, with special focus on schools.Residents are being urged to contact the health department in their parish to report any area that is in need of...
Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Seven out of 10 eligible voters in Jamaica have suggested that the Government is out of its depth in fighting crime and violence.At the same time, the Government's record at creating employment opportunities for Jamaicans remains poor, at least in...
Published:Sunday | October 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Even as the Government was salivating over the September 24 announcement that Jamaica had passed its ninth consecutive test under an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund, 68 per cent of Jamaicans said they believed the...
Published:Tuesday | October 6, 2015 | 6:05 PMEdmond Campbell
Thirty-eight Board members and 32 managers of the National People's Cooperative Bank of Jamaica (NPCB) received loans from the beleaguered entity which was taken over by the Agricultural Credit Board (ACB) in August.This was revealed on Tuesday by...
Published:Wednesday | October 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing is facing an uphill task to complete 700 wooden housing solutions this financial year, for poor Jamaicans who do not own a house.At present, the ministry has completed only 79 of the units since April 1....
Published:Tuesday | October 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Overcrowding and squalid conditions in police lock-ups in Jamaica, which were described as a "looming catastrophe" in 2013 by the Police Civilian Oversight Authority (PCOA), today remain a threat to the safety of police personnel as well as persons...
Published:Thursday | October 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
For years, the United Kingdom government had pressed its Jamaican counterpart to accept a prisoner-transfer deal, but Jamaica's current administration says it only acquiesced on a firm commitment from the British that it would provide a substantial...
Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
WITHOUT DIRECTLY addressing loud calls from several quarters, locally and within the Caribbean, for reparation from Britain, David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, yesterday urged the region to move past the legacy of slavery, which he...
Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 6:32 PMEdmond Campbell
Beginning in April 2016, public-sector workers are expected to start contributing to their pension payments as the Government moves to introduce pension legislation amendments by the end of November this year.According to the Fiscal Policy Paper for...
Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 4:55 PMEdmond Campbell
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS worked feverishly up to late yesterday in preparation for today's arrival of British Prime Minister David Cameron.Cameron who is on official visit to Jamaica as a special guest of the Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller-led...
Published:Monday | September 21, 2015 | 4:28 PMEdmond Campbell
FORMER CHAIRMAN of the National People's Cooperative Bank, Bernal V. Neil, has added his voice to the call by opposition spokesman on finance, Audley Shaw, for a forensic audit into the operations of the institution that provides loans to farmers...
Published:Thursday | September 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
With the gun being the weapon of choice in the killing of 10,300 Jamaicans over the 10-year period 2005 to 2015, the Police High Command yesterday launched its Get the Guns campaign, aimed at netting significantly more than the average 600 guns...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Donovan Stanberry was in the hot seat yesterday during a meeting of a parliamentary oversight committee as he sought to field questions from Opposition Spokesman on Finance Audley Shaw about the...
Published:Tuesday | September 15, 2015 | 5:44 PMEdmond Campbell
AN ADMISSION by a youth official in the Ministry of Youth and Culture that the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) withdrew funding for a youth initiative owing to Government bureaucracy, angered members of a parliamentary committee Tuesday who...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
An audit of the 110-year-old farmers' institution, the National People's Co-operative Bank (NPCB) has unveiled a litany of irregularities and weak management practices, which have placed the money of its members at risk.The audit, conducted by the...
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Opposition spokes-man on Finance Audley Shaw yesterday surprised government members during a meeting of the Public Adminis-tration and Appropriations Committee when he furnished a copy of an audit of the National People's Co-operative Bank (NPCB)...
Published:Thursday | September 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
A day after Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Donovan Stanberry admitted he and other senior staff at the ministry received loans under the Cane Expansion Fund, a senior European Union official said the revelation has triggered...
Published:Wednesday | September 9, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
There could be a major shake-up at the National People's Co-operative Bank of Jamaica Limited (NPCB) next week, as an audit done by its oversight body - the Agricultural Credit Board (ACB) - has uncovered serious irregularities at theinstitution...
Published:Tuesday | September 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Bobby Wilmot, pastor of the Joy Town Community Development Foundation, is sounding a warning to lawmakers currently reviewing a private member's motion, which calls for the registration of civil-society groups and the disclosure of their financiers....
Published:Wednesday | August 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
The Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ), which adopted the executive agency model 16 years ago, is today making major strides as it aims for world-class standards in service delivery.The COJ had been challenged by the Government to transform a public-...
Published:Monday | August 17, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) has revealed that it does not have records of the deaths of a number of Jamaicans, particularly those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, who die violently or are killed in motor vehicle accidents, as...
Published:Sunday | August 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Struggling to meet its financial targets over the last seven years, the Registrar General's Department (RGD) says it has started to rebound and is now aiming to change its net income from a position of loss to profit.The RGD was given the green...
Published:Monday | August 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMEdmond Campbell
Finance and Planning Minister Dr Peter Phillips says the US$2 billion raised on the international market to facilitated the US$1.5-billion PetroCaribe debt buy-back will lower Jamaica's debt servicing by a little less than US$300 million over a 30-...
Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips has dismissed assertions by the Opposition that the government is planning to use money from the Petrocaribe Development Fund to finance election activities. Speaking at a press conference this morning,...
