Published:Saturday | October 13, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Economist Dr Damien King has stressed that there is an urgent need for the Government to further broaden the tax base to capture more people who are not paying their taxes and in turn ease the strain off those already paying. "Jamaica...
Published:Sunday | September 16, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
People's National Party (PNP) supporters are still on a high following yesterday's vice-presidential election as they get ready for the public session of the party's 80th annual conference today. The Comrades voted in Damion Crawford,...
Published:Sunday | August 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
People's National Party (PNP) vice presidential contender Dr Angela Brown Burke is pleading with Region 3 Chairman Phillip Paulwell to support her motion for the establishment of a mediation unit in the party to settle the many disputes among...
Published:Sunday | August 19, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Months after an electoral defeat at the hands of Dr Nigel Clarke for the constituency of North West St Andrew, People's National Party (PNP) politician Keisha Hayle has sounded an ominous warning for the governing Jamaica Labour Party at ...
Published:Monday | August 13, 2018 | 1:50 PMRomario Scott
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that the Government and the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are not shaken by what he called “the noise” coming from the opposition People’s National Party (PNP). The Government has...
Published:Wednesday | April 4, 2018 | 3:58 PMRomario Scott
Member of Parliament for St Andrew Eastern Fayval Williams is calling for residents of August Town to support the government's latest crime-fighting initiative, Jamaica Eye, as part of efforts to curb the violence in the area. Jamaica Eye,...
Published:Sunday | March 11, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has disclosed the names of the commissioners who will be in charge of the new Integrity Commission. They are retired judge of the Court of Appeal Justice Karl Harrison as chairman, retired Court of Appeal President...
Published:Sunday | October 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Robert Montague, raised eye brows last night when he disclosed that the party will be taking aim at the People’s National Party (PNP) stronghold of South West St Andrew. Montague told JLP supporters...
Published:Sunday | October 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Prime Andrew Holness has declared that no power can stop the $600 million road improvement project on the Junction road in St Mary. “There is no power in this country that can stop that road from going on,” Holness declared last night...
Published:Sunday | September 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Fitz Jackson was just elected the new chairman of the People's National Party (PNP) by its National Executive Council. He becomes the PNP's 6th chairman following the 25-year reign of Robert Pickersgill, who retired from the post....
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
As the political temperature rises on the ground in South East St Mary, chairman of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Robert Montague is declaring "it will soon be Dunn!" Montague, addressing a political meeting in Montego Bay, St...
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Vice president of the People's National Party (PNP), Dr Fenton Ferguson, says he will be in charge of the party's election machinery in the by-elections set for South East St Mary and losing is not an option. Ferguson made the announcement...
Published:Sunday | September 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The Manchester police are investigating the shooting death of two residents in the parish early this morning. Dead are Doreen Hamilton, 57, and her son Orane Hamilton, 38, both of a Cedar Garden Road address in Mandeville. According to...
Published:Sunday | September 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
President of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP), Dr Phillips, has raised concern that the legal defence fund that was set up to assist the police with covering legal expenses is depleted. Dr Phillips blasted the Government for not...
Published:Sunday | August 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The police have removed five more illegal guns off the streets. In one operation, the police reported that four guns were seized in the gritty community of Central Village in St Catherine yesterday. The police further disclosed that three men and a...
Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
National Security Minister Robert Montague has disclosed that five of Jamaica’s most wanted men have been arrested and charged. Montague who refused to name the men, because of ongoing investigations, said information provided by the...
Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The Ministry of National Security is stepping up efforts to reintegrate juveniles who are in correctional facilities with a new 'We Transform' programme. "The objective of the programme is to reduce juvenile offences and ultimately...
Published:Thursday | June 8, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie said he is not bluffing when he insists that buildings now being erected must be in full compliance with the building codes and laws of the country. McKenzie, speaking during a...
