Norman Brown, a real estate business partner of Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is asking a court to order the Integrity Commission (IC) to remove findings that his chairmanship of two state entities that report to Holness poses a “significant”...
The Holness administration says it will be taking “other steps” to foster cross-party dialogue on Jamaica’s push to become a republic amid further confirmation that deadlock between the country’s two main political parties could derail another...
Consideration for the removal of taxes on tips and an efficiency committee headline the Holness administration’s pivot towards boosting economic growth, setting the stage for a potential policy showdown with the Opposition ahead of a general...
Some ganja farmers are advocating for the removal of the cannabis industry from the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) and the creation of a dedicated cannabis law to spur sector growth and shift negative perceptions. This push follows the decriminalisation...
A call is being made for the Government to reevaluate how it provides funding to certain economic groups, amid revelations that just over $1 million of a near two-year-old $700-million loan programme for COVID-hit transport and entertainment...
Attorney and former House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert is praising God after the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out a misconduct case against her regarding the handling of a deceased man’s estate over 30 years ago. “I’m very short on...
The National Housing Trust (NHT) has released a settlement agreement that confirms a non-disclosure clause that barred discussions on the terms of the contract over a failed multibillion-dollar deal with private developer Dexim Holdings. “The...
JEAN FORDE, an 80-year-old retired librarian, has won her bid to have the Supreme Court adjourn hearing applications to strike out her $200-million lawsuit against the fraud-hit Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). Justice Cresencia Brown Beckford’...
A scathing Integrity Commission (IC) report on National Water Commission (NWC) President Mark Barnett is expected to be tabled in the House of Representatives today, giving more backing to the Holness administration, which is reportedly fast losing...
Acting Chief Education Officer (CEO) Dr Kasan Troupe takes over today as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, the first settled appointment to the role since 2019 and being the sixth person in that capacity in eight years....
The Government is to pay the salaries of restive employees of investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) to avoid disruptions in the ongoing investigation into the alleged fleecing of more than $4 billion from clients. None of the more...
CONCERNS ARE lurking inside CARICOM that the Caribbean may not be able to capitalise on recent major developments in the push for reparations for slavery because of the absence of a “common negotiating strategy”. “The recent successes in the...
Shock has met revelations that reparation for slavery is not an agenda item for the Commonwealth, whose ceremonial head is the British monarch and whose members, including Jamaica, are mostly former colonies. “There has been no specific call for...
The Supreme Court has blocked founder of the fraud-hit Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), Hugh Croskery, from using a $480-million villa in St Ann to settle a debt with George Chai, a retired bakery owner. Any transfer of the property will have...
Lawyers for Juliet Holness’ company at the centre of an $800-million court battle have dismissed the defendant’s assertions that the lawmaker used her influence to get public agencies to bend to her will. Holness’ company, JAJ Development and...
Seprod, Jamaica’s producer of condensed milk, cannot maximise on more than $10 billion in investments to supply the region because fewer than half of CARICOM countries have implemented a mandated tax on imports from outside the bloc. In 2021,...
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke has told Parliament that he was not aware his ministry blocked taxpayers from accessing a consultancy report, which has been described as a ‘draft’ document, that informed controversial new salaries implemented...
Sagicor Bank Jamaica intends to satisfy a court order obtained by Usain Bolt for the disclosure of transactions linked to accounts owned by Jean-Ann Panton, the sole accused in the alleged $3 billion fraud at Stocks...
GOVERNMENT HAS blocked access to the full consultancy report that informed controversial new public sector salaries recently implemented, saying that the document is in ‘draft’ because reforms are incomplete. But the Jamaica Manufacturers and...
NORMAN HORNE, who leads one of Jamaica’s largest construction materials companies, has denied claims made in court that he should be declared responsible for the “concealed fraudulent transfer” of assets from a company he ran, to himself and other...
A woman who has accused a St Ann guest house operator of rape and other sex-related offences has allegedly made similar claims against men in four other parishes under at least three different names, a police detective has revealed. The update was...
A COURT is being asked to declare that businessman Norman Horne, who leads one of Jamaica’s largest construction materials companies, is responsible for the “concealed fraudulent transfer” of assets owned by Arc Systems Limited to himself or other...
