Arguing that Jamaica’s education system was gradually collapsing, Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford on Tuesday announced that he has taken the Government to court to defend the constitutional rights of children at the pre-primary...
Focused on revenue recovery, the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has launched an audit of the last three years to assess breaches by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) involving misuse of its tax-exempt status to import goods for...
In a rare departure from Jamaica’s parliamentary tradition, backbencher and former Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte on Tuesday cut through one of the most consequential pieces of legislation tabled by the...
Opposition Spokesman on Energy Phillip Paulwell says while his government counterpart, Daryl Vaz, has reportedly suggested that the high price of electricity was attributed chiefly to the terms of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) licence, there was...
The Senate on Friday passed the Casino Gaming (General) Regulations, 2025, but not before Opposition lawmaker Allan Bernard cautioned against the pitfalls of the integrated resorts development (IRD) model, which has been espoused by the Government...
Executive Director of the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) Everton McFarlane says players in the insurance industry are concerned about the magnitude of increase in insurance fees, in some instances as high as 100 per cent, which was approved...
One lawmaker has requested from the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) a capability statement for William Pragmatic Limited, the consultancy firm flagged in January by the auditor general for not delivering an operational review and...
Economist Keenan Falconer says the more than $40 billion in tax, interest, penalties and surcharges for which the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is liable represents approximately 15 per cent of the total stock of arrears due to Tax...
The financial standing of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) is now under scrutiny following revelations yesterday that the teaching institution has a ballooning tax debt amounting to tens of billions of dollars. Acting chief...
The Parliament’s Ethics Committee says it is moving to have embattled St Andrew East Central Member of Parliament (MP) Dennis Gordon appear before it on April 22 to clarify statements he made during a previous meeting concerning matters related to...
The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) paid Strategic Alignment Limited US$92,000 (J$14.5 million) to create a strategic transformation plan, but rejected the draft without explaining why the board did not approve it. At the same time...
Taxpayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets to cover the Customs fees waived by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) when it applied its tax-exemption status to import goods on behalf of at least four private companies. Acting...
The Government has adjusted its tax policy in relation to the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages and the Environmental Protection Levy on domestic goods, but the measures will remain revenue neutral. In closing the...
Members of a joint select committee reviewing the Child Diversion Act, 2018 have suggested that children deemed “uncontrollable” should not be placed in state homes and institutions. Instead, the members said, they should be referred to the Child...
Senators on both sides of the political divide yesterday locked horns over a timeline for eliminating the asset tax paid by financial institutions, which should have been phased out about a decade ago. Members of the Upper House were debating two...
Opposition Spokesman on Housing and Sustainable Living Senator Professor Floyd Morris is calling on the Government to stop what he describes as continued raids on the National Housing Trust (NHT), arguing that contributors’ funds should be used to...
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has flagged as a breach of procurement rules actions taken by senior Cabinet minister Daryl Vaz in relation to the purchase of 200 Starlink devices valued at $12.12 million. In a compliance audit tabled in...
Admitting that the Houses of Parliament breached the procurement guidelines in acquiring 16 air-conditioning (AC) units, Clerk to the Houses Colleen Lowe blamed a former operations manager for the violation, saying that he was on a “frolic of his...
Government Senator Rose Bennett-Cooper has called for the administration to roll out a comprehensive public education exercise to inform Jamaicans with old, non-custodial convictions on how to have their criminal records expunged. She made the call...
When Parliament reconvenes next Tuesday for its first sitting of the New Year, a pivotal performance audit report examining public health procurement related to infrastructure at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) and the University Hospital of...
Finance Minister Fayval Williams will next Tuesday table the third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure and update the nation on the various sources of financing to help Jamaica recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The third...
The Cabinet has approved a US$150 million loan to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to facilitate the restoration of power to all customers of the light and power company by the latest February 2026. However, with the JPS indicating that...
Some Corporate Area public and private schools have volunteered to host students displaced from western institutions severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said the ministry has introduced the Host School...
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Carol Palmer, has revealed that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has asked the Government to extend its current licence, which expires in July 2027. The request, she said, is intended to help the light...
At least 75 per cent of Digicel customers in four of the parishes with significant impacts from Hurricane Melissa will have service restored to them within the next two weeks, according to the local telecoms giant. Senior officials from the company...
