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...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding have again met the pass mark in their stewardship of the Government and parliamentary Opposition, though with lower grades when compared to last year, the latest RJRGLEANER-...
An overwhelming majority of Jamaicans believe that term limits must be introduced for prime ministers and members of parliament (MPs), while a significant number believe that elected officials should serve no more than two terms in office. The...
More Jamaicans have indicated a preference for an executive president over a ceremonial head of state if the country were to transition to a republican form of government. The latest Don Anderson poll has found that 36.1 per cent of the 1,010...
Describing some of her colleague legislators as “unruly” Juliet Holness, the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, says Parliament’s $18-million microphone system upgrade reflects the rules of the Standing Orders. The Parliamentary...
If the gavel is passed to St Andrew East Rural Member of Parliament (MP) Juliet Holness on Tuesday, the legislator intends to have a firm grip on the reins of Parliament’s Lower House “in keeping with the Standing Orders”. Holness, the deputy...
A man who received a National Water Commission (NWC) bill for $3.1 million, and has flagged it as a billing error, is prepared to challenge the state agency in court after it insisted that the “charges are deemed accurate” and must be paid. Donald...
The resignation of House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has triggered fresh calls for the six legislators under probe by the Integrity Commission for illicit enrichment to be named as “this unresolved matter still has a dark cloud cast on the...
A $6-million Mercedes-Benz GLA250 that was omitted from House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert’s statutory declarations for seven years, but the acquisition of which was flagged by the Integrity Commission (IC) as possibly involving fraud, has...
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) has replaced under-pressure councillor for the Red Hills division Keith McCook as its candidate for the local government election following the result of an internal poll that showed significantly low support for the...
In a charged atmosphere on Sunday, People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding electrified the base of the opposition party, unrepentantly declaring his intent to push back hard against pressure from opponents as the organisation claws its...
ANTICIPATION IS high among members of the local trucking industry about the expected cost of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg of the Highway 2000, which was officially opened by Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday. The four-lane 27.5-kilometre...
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has confirmed that it has submitted a $1.7-billion budget to the Ministry of Finance for approval ahead of the local government election constitutionally due five months from now. The figure represents a 70 per...
PUSHING BACK at criticism that he may be a liability to the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell is asserting that his public pronouncements are merely part of his role as an “electrifying speaker” for the...
National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is calling for patience with the 10-month-old Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act, following the brutal slaying of a pregnant woman and her family in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on...
Five trade unions representing employees at the National Water Commission (NWC) have written to board chairman Michael Shaw demanding an “urgent” change in leadership at the state-run entity, after accusing its president and vice-president of “...
More than 40,000 private sector employees represented by three of the country’s bargaining unions could be negatively impacted by the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) recent caution to businesses to temper any significant increase in wages amid current...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has criticised Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Governor Richard Byles for cautioning private businesses against giving substantial salary increases amid sustained inflationary challenges affecting the country...
The immigration officer accused of mistreating a Jamaican expatriate and her American son just over a week ago has countered the claims made by the visitor in a report lodged to the Passport, Immigration...
The National Housing Trust (NHT) is expected to pay millions of dollars in interest to commercial banks and other financial institutions when it offloads mortgages for contributors earning $30,001 or more weekly to these entities. The change, which...
THREE JAMAICANS living in London, who were forced to look over their shoulders in fear, had their illegal statuses reversed in June, ending decades of dependence and hardship worsened by ill health. Former Tivoli Gardens resident Neville Nelms,...
Grove Broadcasting Company Limited (IRIE FM) on Tuesday slammed the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT), claiming that its ruling for the radio station to reimburse dozens of employees for a 2020 salary cut was merely to appease the Government....
A Jamaican man who says he suffered mental torment and was sexually harassed in a British detention centre is exhaling after a deportation case brought by the Home Office against him fizzled. Former banker James Matthews, 34, who fought against...
Former Chief of Defence Staff Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has expressed concern about the circumstances under which Jamaica has decided to deploy troops in Haiti, asserting that the conditions in the French-speaking country are chaotic. Prime...
Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz says his defamation lawsuit filed against Dr Dayton Campbell is expected to correct a 40-year-old wrong that has “plagued” him since he first entered representational politics in 1986. Vaz, who represents the...
