(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has declared that dismantling criminal gangs across the Caribbean must be treated with the urgency of the global war on terror.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Protesters gathered outside the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James yesterday afternoon, calling for regional leaders attending the 49th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting to sever diplomatic ties with Israel over its ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A moment of silence was observed yesterday in the Upper House of Jamaica’s Parliament, in tribute to the reported 24 babies who died at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) in Kingston in recent weeks.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A man and a teenage girl have been charged with the murder of 54-year-old contractor Kevin Johnson in the Rollington Avenue area of eastern Kingston on Tuesday, the police say.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two more lawmakers are under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment, bringing to 13 the total number of parliamentarians who have been referred for either illicit enrichment or providing false information over the last seven years, according to the latest Integrity Commission annual report.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Supreme Court has affirmed that Section 7(2) of the Integrity Commission Act imposes a legal obligation on individuals and entities to cooperate with the Integrity Commission (IC) by complying with its information requests.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government has announced a new $1-billion initiative under which 50,000 Jamaicans – including the undocumented, unemployed, elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable groups – are set to benefit from extended social support and expanding access to opportunity.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government has announced a new $1-billion initiative under which 50,000 Jamaicans – including the undocumented, unemployed, elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable groups – are set to benefit from extended social support and expanding access to opportunity.
(Jamaica Gleaner) People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has strongly rejected Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’s recent claim that the Government does not need an Opposition to remain accountable, asserting instead that supporters of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are sufficient for oversight.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is offering a $3 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the abduction of party worker Lorna Robertson in St Andrew on May 30, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) has cleared WH Car Service, the popular Chinese-operated auto repair shop, to reopen following investigations into labour law compliance.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A key technical support whereby auditors general have sat on the Integrity Commission for more than five decades might soon be brought to a halt as, on Wednesday, government lawmakers made the decision to remove the current auditor general, Pamela Monroe Ellis, as a commissioner of the anti-corruption body.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A United States (US) citizen narrowly escaped deportation to Jamaica after he was wrongly picked up, jailed and prepped for ejection from the country by law enforcement in that country.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican officials yesterday hailed the United States’ decision to lower its travel advisory for the Caribbean nation to “Level 2” from “Level 3,” two months after Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the island and pledged to reconsider the guidance.
(Jamaica Gleaner) There have been calls for the motor vehicle repair sector in Jamaica to be overhauled in light of the influx of Chinese vehicles to the island as well as the interest generated by a new Chinese repair outlet in Ferry, St Catherine, which was subsequently closed.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr says his ministry is in the advanced stages of regulating work permits for the Chinese mechanics employed at WH Car Service as part of efforts to fast-track the reopening of the auto repair shop.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A new study commissioned by the Caribbean Poultry Association estimates that the sector contributes more than $300 billion to the Jamaica economy, and is in a position to satisfy nearly all of the demand for poultry meat locally.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has declared that he will be pushing for urgent reforms to the Sexual Offences Act, following the tragic murder and alleged rape of nine-year-old Kelsey Cassidy Ferrigon, whose body was found stuffed in a barrel at her home on Friday night.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Declaring that “Jamaica is at a precipice, not a crossroads”, Opposition spokesman on investment, trade and global logistics Anthony Hylton, says the country can choose continuity or step boldly into a new era.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaicans can expect a flood of surveillance cameras as the Government ramps up its technology-driven approach to crime fighting.
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