JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Derrick Smith says the changes coming out of Sunday’s Central Executive meeting are not enough, asserting that restructuring is also needed among the party’s deputy leaders. Smith...
A 15 PER CENT salary increase accepted by academic staff of The University of the West Indies (UWI) will not be paid this week as initially agreed on after the tertiary institution indicated to union representatives that it will not be able to meet...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the parliamentary Opposition may ask the court to compel House Speaker Juliet Holness to release the legal opinion of the attorney general (AG) on how reports sent to Parliament are to be tabled. Golding has...
THE CALABAR Old Boys’ Association (COBA) has suspended its long-standing mentorship programme at the Red Hills Road-based institution, citing “long-standing unresolved matters” with the board and administration. The executive of COBA said as a...
A FORMER Jamaican ambassador says the diplomatic corps is likely to be “disturbed” by the dishonouring of two former prime ministers in a controversial post that appeared on the Instagram page of Alando Terrelonge, state minister in the foreign...
Trouble is brewing at Calabar High in St Andrew, where at least two stakeholder groups are expressing strong opposition to any attempt by the institution’s board to confirm Acting Principal Sian Wilson in the position. In a four-page letter...
CALLING THE letter written by House Speaker Juliet Holness to former Clerk of the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis “a cruel act”, opposition senators on Friday pressed for its withdrawal and for the celebration of the civil servant who retired...
A GROUP of people who have identified themselves as Jamaican Taínos are calling on the Government to legitimise their status as indigenous people amid concerns that plans that began in 2022 to do so have stalled. Robert Pairman, Kasike/Chief Kalaan...
ECONOMIC SPECIALIST Professor Rosalea Hamilton says there are questions to be answered about whether Jamaica’s positive macroeconomic performance is facilitating the development of the country, pointing to a labour force where 70 per cent are...
House Speaker Juliet Holness is facing the heat over her failure to make public Attorney General (AG) Derrick McKoy’s opinion on the tabling of reports after his office washed its hands of the now contentious matter, disclosing that it cannot...
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) yesterday headed off a row with workers that would have resulted in industrial action, which was triggered by a decision of Canopy Insurance to impose a further 10 per cent increase in the cost for health...
The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) says it is several steps closer to closing the lid on lecturers delivering courses without meeting the minimum qualification to do so, calling it one aspect of the institution’s drive to sanitise its image...
Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) President Professor Andrew Spencer has shied away from grading the Government’s push to create a logistics-centred economy, but has insisted that his institution is working to provide the skills needed to drive...
FINANCE MINISTER Dr Nigel Clarke closed the Budget Debate yesterday, firing several salvos at Opposition Leader Mark Golding, calling his criticism of the Government’s tax-free financial blueprint for the coming financial year “deceptive”. Golding...
AUDITOR GENERAL (AuG) Pamela Monroe Ellis has confirmed that the Financial Services Commission (FSC) incurred a $163-million loss when Jamaica hosted the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) conference in 2017. Additionally...
Five years after a bleach spill at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) day care centre in Kingston caused injury to the eye of a baby girl, which warranted extensive treatment and surgery, the Attorney-General’s Chambers has proposed a $668,000...
PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness said yesterday that his Government is seeking to close Jamaica’s wealth gap, announcing a trust fund to benefit underprivileged children, which will be accessible when they become 18 years old. Holness, in a four-hour-...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be under the microscope in Parliament’s Lower House today when he makes his contribution to the Budget Debate, which comes three weeks after a hotly contested local government election that has balanced Jamaica’s...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has dismissed Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke’s claim that Jamaica would have been blacklisted had general consumption tax (GCT) not been removed from imported raw foodstuff. Following his opening of the 2024-2025...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) paid $1.3 million for the rental of a luxury vehicle to transport Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, following a motor-vehicle crash that disabled the 2023 BMW X6 assigned to him. The payment...
THE PARLIAMENTARY Opposition has accused the Jamaican Government of poorly managing the 2022 Population and Housing Census, even as Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke denies that the process has been compromised. Opposition Spokesperson on Finance...
THE JAMAICAN Government has defended its decision to remove general consumption tax (GCT) from all raw food, imported or domestic, indicating that it chose the lesser of two evils to avoid trade sanctions. Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke told...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is yet to establish a policy for treating Haitian refugees who arrive on the shores of member states even amid the decision to establish a presidential council for the violence-torn country that would oversee a...
Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as leader of the violence-torn nation. The announcement was made by CARICOM Chairman Mohamed Irfaan Ali during a press conference held at the end of a lengthy day of high level talks at The...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is facing criticisms over its delivery of the results of Monday’s local government elections, which left the country without definitive answers on which of the two major political parties had won. “They need to...
