Eleven of the 14 opposition members of parliament (MPs) have dismissed as a fib, a claim by government minister Daryl Vaz that all except the party’s chairman, Dr Angela Brown Burke, and President Mark Golding, have signed a letter demanding...
Howard Mitchell, the out-spoken head of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), says that the findings of an audit of the operations at Dunn's River Falls and Recreational Park point to the latest example of poor leadership afflicting...
As the people of Cuba mark the 60th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the Batista regime, Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica Inez Fors Fernandez is declaring that the country is better today because of the work of its late former leader, Fidel...
Kedesha Campbell, who heads the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Implementing Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister, on Tuesday, raised concerns about the practice of some implementing agencies of seeking agency fees without including costs in...
The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has capped the individual spend of candidates seeking a place as one of the four vice-presidents to no more than $5 million for the September 15 contest but was not strong on how it would be policed.The...
Members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), health professionals and other hospital employees are allegedly accepting bribes to steer families of the dead to unregistered funeral services operators that offer cheap, but oftentimes...
The beleaguered Cornwall Regional Hospital - the largest medical facility in western Jamaica - remains open for business, but patients should brace for longer waiting periods and reduced services at the St James facility.Officials of the hospital...
The Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) has been shelling out big bucks for diagnostic and surgical services, spending $50 million between January and May this year, as the hospital struggles to restore services at the medical facility, which is...
Businessman and scholar Dr Nigel Clarke yesterday ensured that the St Andrew North West constituency remained in the column of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) when he won convincingly, defeating the People's National Party's (PNP) Keisha Hayle in the...
Four minutes to the 10:30 a.m. time allotted for the nomination of People's National Party (PNP) candidate in St Andrew North West, Keisha Hayle, fewer than 10 party supporters were visible in the precincts of the Pembroke Hall Community Centre....
