Chief executive officer (CEO) of the St James Municipal Corporation (SJMC) Naudia Crosskill on Wednesday appealled to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to provide the necessary resources to assist the municipalities in getting their...
With an estimated 8,700 houses across the country damaged by Hurricane Beryl, the Government has announced financial support to affected persons to aid in the recovery and rebuilding efforts. Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles...
With the number of parliamentarians under investigation for illicit enrichment increasing from six to eight, Jamaicans for Justice Executive Director Mickel Jackson says Jamaicans should be concerned that lawmakers being probed for this offence are...
St Catherine South Member of Parliament (MP) Fitz Jackson on Wednesday castigated House Speaker Juliet Holness for giving instructions on Monday to cancel the sittings of several parliamentary committees this week without consulting with at least...
The head of one of Jamaica’s chief anti-corruption bodies, Retired Justice Seymour Panton, has rebuked persons who call on the Integrity Commission (IC) to comment on matters relating to statutory declarations or investigations. Panton reasoned...
Government senator and trade unionist Kavan Gayle last Thursday objected to a provision in the Jamaica Teaching Council bill that could place employees of the current regulatory body on probation as they transition to a successor entity under the...
Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Executive Director Mickel Jackson has rejected the argument that owing to the possibility of political manipulation, the impeachment of parliamentarians was excluded from the recommendations of the Constitutional Reform...
While welcoming the announcement on Tuesday by transport minister Daryl Vaz that the Government has reintroduced its aged-vehicle policy to assist public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators, one taxi association is urging the administration to also...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has recommended an “immediate ban” on ridesharing services which he says has triggered serious safety concerns for members of the public. “I have the responsibility as the minister and an elected representative to...
Opposition legislator Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns has urged parliamentarians to set aside their political stripes and confront the “big issue” of low trust in relation to whether information Jamaicans provide to the Government could be abused or...
While signalling that investigations into illicit enrichment and other acts of corruption require more time and extensive scrutiny, Director of Investigations at the Integrity Commission (IC) Kevon Stephenson has signalled that the country will...
Past president of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica Carvel Stewart has raised concern about the hefty expenditure to retrofit a leased property in Mandeville, Manchester, for tax services. Commissioner General Ainsley Powell...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang yesterday heralded what he said was the success of the security forces in significantly disrupting the activities of gangs across the country. In his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in Parliament,...
With less than three weeks before data controllers are required to conform to the requirements of the Data Protection Act (DPA), the minister with responsibility for skills and digital transformation is urging government entities and data...
“This is madness!” That’s how Education and Youth Minister Fayval Williams has described the 55 critical incidents that occurred every 3.5 days across the education sector over the 190 schooldays spanning January 2022 to January 2023. In her...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is reporting significant growth in the sector for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, with gross earnings amounting to US$4.38 billion, a 9.6 per cent increase over the corresponding financial year. Providing an overview of...
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court handed down a decision yesterday that the extension given to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) last year was unconstitutional. However, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government has argued that the court’s...
“HER STRONG work ethic, sound organisational skills and keen attention to detail saw her being elevated to the position of clerk to the Houses in 2021, and since that time she has commendably led her staff in providing the necessary procedural and...
Former Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis has said she will accept nothing less than a public withdrawal by House Speaker Juliet Holness of a March 22 letter of reprimand sent to her and copied to 62 lawmakers in the Lower House. On...
Two weeks after the House of Representatives completed its debate on the Appropriations Act, more commonly known as the Budget, lawmakers on Tuesday approved an amendment to the statute, after being advised that the statutory expenditures were...
Chairman of the Economy and Production Committee, Dwight Sibblies, yesterday resisted a proposal by opposition lawmaker Fitz Jackson for the police to appear alongside Bank of Jamaica officials to discuss losses suffered by account holders at banks...
Jamaicans for Justice Executive (JFJ) Director Mickel Jackson has raised concern about a plethora of private members’ motions and a few bills moved by the parliamentary Opposition that have been languishing on the Order Paper of the House of...
Former Solicitor General Michael Hylton, King’s Counsel (KC), says the public service, which has a carefully constructed disciplinary procedure in relation to public servants, does not contemplate that politicians such as the Speaker of the House...
A MAJOR development is unfolding in the saga of the non-tabling of reports from the auditor general, with Speaker of the House of Representatives, Juliet Holness, yesterday charging that the alleged actions of the Clerk to the Houses of Parliament...
AUDITOR GENERAL (AG) Pamela Monroe Ellis says she will be dispatching two reports to Parliament on Monday that had been previously sent by her for tabling in the legislature, but were returned to her department yesterday by Speaker of the House,...
