THE JAMAICA Labour Party’s (JLP) message from the political platform urging Jamaicans not to dispose of the Holness administration is an indication that the governing party is in “panic mode”, political analysts have concluded. The assessment...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness told Labourites in St Ann North Eastern on Sunday that Matthew Samuda’s candidacy was one endorsed by the late Shahine Robinson amid their objection to a second term for Marsha Smith. Samuda, the...
One person has been taken into custody after dozens of bomb threats to more than 70 institutions, mainly schools, between Thursday and Friday caused chaos and heightened fears and anxiety across the island. The police have determined that none was...
Chairman of the Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee (CMOC) Lloyd Distant says consensus is lacking on several issues, including legislation and accountability, that may be hindering any significant reduction in lawlessness in Jamaica. Distant’s...
THE JAMAICAN Government is considering ways it may “rectify” its failure to vote on Jordan’s resolution at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last month, which called for a humanitarian truce in the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict in the...
A foul-up by the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service that may have resulted in millions of dollars being paid to government employees since January is causing unease in the public sector as it seeks to halt the payments. The Jamaica Civil...
THE BRITISH Government has pumped more than J$200 million or £1.1 million into the operations of the Integrity Commission since 2020 and has pledged a further J$66 million for its ongoing work up to 2025. The extended memorandum of understanding (...
A QUESTION over whether the Government has consulted with the Maroons in the ongoing constitutional reform process triggered a testy exchange between Marlene Malahoo Forte and Steven Golding after the legislator asserted emphatically that Jamaica...
A legal dispute may be on the horizon between Anthony Shaw and the Paul B. Scott-chaired Development Bank of Jamaica Limited (DBJ) after the state entity requested that he proceed on leave as it investigates “a breach of governance” at the...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has roundly rejected as “fiscal indiscipline” suggestions from Opposition Leader Mark Golding to remove the hedge fund gas tax and cap the special consumption tax (SCT) on fuel amid blinding inflation, labelling him a “...
In a striking broadside against the UK Privy Council, law experts from across the region questioned Jamaica’s continued clinging to the London-based appellate court, asserting that the CARICOM country continues to “loiter on the premises of the...
CUSTOMERS OF the National Water Commission (NWC) are accusing the state-run utility company of questionable practices after observing massive jumps in their monthly bills, which have now ballooned into millions of dollars. The development has...
Economists are asserting that a solution to the sting being felt by Jamaicans as the cost of living soars is riddled with complexities, as the clash between the Government and Opposition on the matter intensified on Tuesday. Opposition Spokesman...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging the electorate against disposing of his administration, asserting that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is the better steward of the economy, even as inflation tightens the screws on the pockets of many...
Describing the increase in mass killings in recent weeks as “bizarre”, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says there will be a policy shift to counter domestic and intimate partner violence, which he suggests is fuelling the major crime. Holness said...
Attorney-at-law John Bassie’s failure to inform a client about Scotiabank’s notice of foreclosure on her family home for 14 months formed part of the reason the General Legal Council (GLC) found him guilty of professional misconduct. His delay,...
Extreme weather events brought on by an unfolding climate crisis are expected to trigger a significant reduction in insurance coverage for Jamaican homeowners, industry experts are warning. Already, major insurers in the United States, a main...
The Government on Tuesday sought to assure Jamaicans employed to Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Work Program of its commitment to their well-being amid strong criticisms that it has not done enough to assist those injured and repatriated. Close to...
A non-profit legal clinic in Ontario, Canada, has criticised the Jamaican Government over what it says is its lethargic response in helping injured farm workers get compensation from its Canadian counterpart. Labour Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has...
Six years after Leroy Thomas injured his back while working on a tobacco farm in Ontario, Canada, a tribunal in that North American country has ruled that the 48-year-old Jamaican be compensated for loss of earnings since that time. Further, a...
THERE IS a call for the overhaul of public-health systems that regulate the country’s food industry after the Kingston and St Andrew Health Department was forced on Thursday to shut down popular food joint Crab Circle over the unsanitary action of...
There would be a struggle for supremacy between the country’s two main political parties if a general election were to be called in the immediate future, with the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) holding a razor-thin lead over the Governing...
Governance watchdog National Integrity Action (NIA) is calling for a greater separation of powers between the executive and legislative arms of government, noting that the “fusion” that exists has “significantly debilitated” parliamentary oversight...
There is radio silence from Jamaica House about whether Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ 2022 statutory declaration has been certified, amid indications from Opposition Leader Mark Golding that he has certification from the Integrity Commission (IC...
In a defeat for medical consultants in the public sector, the Supreme Court has ruled that emergency duty allowance paid to the group as part of their salaries is not pensionable. The court has also ruled against using the allowance to compute...
