Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Howard Mitchell has taken issue with how the police and other agencies of government catalogue and present statistics relating to crime.Mitchell, who has been pushing buttons over the...
Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Even as technology companies race to fix a massive vulnerability unearthed this week in a wide array of technology products, consumers and the public at large are being warned to be vigilant when handling these devices, especially those using Intel...
Published:Tuesday | January 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
As much as US$500 was being charged on Monday by motorcyclists who took advantage of the desperation of holiday visitors headed to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston but who were stuck in traffic and feared that they would miss...
Published:Tuesday | January 2, 2018 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The potential injury to Jamaica's tourism reputation and echoing howls from an outraged public have sent several heads of agencies scampering for a comeback as pressure was being brought to bear from all quarters for persons to be held accountable...
Published:Monday | December 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Yesterday's passing of highly respected journalist Ian Boyne occasioned an outpouring of grief on popular social media sites, with many users taking to Facebook and Twitter to register their disbelief and utter shock at the news of his death.On the...
Published:Thursday | December 14, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Transport Minister Mike Henry has declared that the Government is toughening its stance on road safety, this as the issue of tragic road crashes in the country over the years have reached worrying levels.Henry, who was participating in the Child...
Published:Sunday | December 10, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Jeremy Taylor has come out strongly against acts of corruption and the "free-for-all" culture, which, he said, is pervasive in Jamaica, noting that regulations and restrictions are often frowned upon by...
Published:Wednesday | December 6, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The National Health Fund (NHF) on Wednesday signed a contract with Sanigest International aimed at advancing the establishment of a national health insurance plan for the country.Sanigest International secured the US$722,000 contract, through a...
Published:Sunday | December 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The much-anticipated major improvement project on Constant Spring Road in St Andrew is to begin early next year, as the Government yesterday signed a multimillion-dollar contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to undertake the works...
Published:Saturday | December 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The National Works Agency (NWA) is maintaining that the promised major upgrading works from Eastwood Park Road to Manor Park in St Andrew will be done, despite not having a contract in place and with only a few months before the end of the fiscal...
Published:Saturday | December 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The idea of taxing men to compensate women for 'care work' surfaced last Thursday, along with a range of other recommendations, during a forum hosted by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI).During the forum, held at the Spanish Court...
Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton and his opposition counterpart Dr Dayton Campbell were on Wednesday engaged in a heated argument over the state of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CHR) located in St James.Campbell fired off the first salvo, by...
Published:Friday | November 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, is insisting that public sector reform is absolutely necessary if the Jamaican economy is to unlock its potential for growth.She said that the public sector wage bill...
Published:Thursday | November 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Corporate sweetheart deals are hurting Caribbean countries, and their leaders, recognising this, are making a concerted effort to move away from the practice, which was once the tool of choice to lure investors to their respective countries.Their...
Published:Sunday | September 3, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
In defiance of strong dissenting voices, administrators of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, have restored the controversial bust of National Hero Marcus Garvey at its Faculty of Humanities. It is now under 24-hour guard, The Gleaner...
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The Court Management Services has challenged a claim from the police that the instructions to arrest the mother of a seven-year old boy who was allegedly assaulted by older boys last week in Trelawny came from a nearby court.The Court Management...
Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
The incident involving a seven-year-old boy, who was the victim of an assault at his school in Trelawny, last week, and the subsequent arrest of his mother, sparking national outraged, has taken a twist.The boy was reportedly held down by other...
Published:Tuesday | November 7, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
For 20 months, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has operated a Government with a one-seat majority in the House of Representatives.But that changed shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday as Dr Norman Dunn took his seat on the Government benches as the...
Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Depending on today's result in the by-election between the Jamaica Labour Party's Dr Norman Dunn and the People's National Party's Dr Shane Alexis in South East St Mary, another legal battle over who is qualified to sit in the country's Parliament...
Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
There is a suggestion from a university academic that Jamaica should seek justice in the International Court of Justice for the impact of climate change on its growth and development instead of seeking reparations for slavery.Lecturer in the...
Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Security personnel stationed at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) are on edge, fearing that they will be blamed for an act of vandalism that took place in the shadows late Tuesday night.The subject: the controversial bust of...
Published:Saturday | September 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
Prime Minister Andrew Holness will now have to respond to a petition calling for him to establish the boundary of the Cockpit Country and put an end to mining in the protected area.This after the petition, started on August 21 by environment...
Published:Tuesday | September 19, 2017 | 10:20 AMRomario Scott
The country is to receive 20 sniffer dogs in the next two weeks. This from National Security Minister Robert Montague who says the dogs were purchased by the Government. A further 20 are to arrive later. The dogs are to detect illegal...
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
General Secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Dr Horace Chang, is insisting that the declaration of Mount Salem, St James, as a zone of special operations (ZOSO) was not influenced by politics.Chang, speaking at a JLP Area Four political...
Published:Sunday | September 17, 2017 | 12:00 AMRomario Scott
"Fix the road, Andrew, fix the road, Andrew!" was an animated Robert Montague's rallying cry for Prime Minister Andrew Holness to fix more roads in St Mary, even as the Opposition is crying foul over the timing of a $600-million road-construction...
