Former US Ambassador Luis G. Moreno is defending the role played by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, insisting that funding from the agency was used to do “much more” than strengthening advocacy for the...
Two of Jamaica’s key anti-corruption agencies have stated that no investigation is under way into allegations of misused taxpayer funds at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) despite one agency reviewing a report on the claim....
People’s National Party (PNP) Councillor for the Hayes division, Scean Barnswell, says the opposition caucus in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation is taking legal advice amid an announcement by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie that Mayor...
An 11th-hour limited waiver from the US Department of State has halted a decision by The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to lay off at least 20 persons employed to Health Connect Jamaica (HCJ), following the shuttering of the United...
Dancehall artiste Clifford ‘Mr Vegas’ Smith has been given 48 hours to apologise to Dr Dayton Campbell and enter into settlement discussions for the payment of damages after making a series of “damaging” posts on social media. Attorney-at-law Shena...
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), representing workers at Jamaica’s main port, have reached a new wage agreement, even as complaints of dissatisfaction mount about the deal. On Friday, the Port Authority...
A disagreement between employees and the management at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has slowed operations at some sections of the island’s main port with several demands on the table before the full resumption of duties. The contention...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is expected to meet with Lester Mike Henry, the outgoing member of parliament for Clarendon Central, amid escalating tension over who should replace him as the party’s...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) delegates in Manchester Southern have voted to retain Robert Chin as the party’s candidate in the upcoming polls, but concerns remain regarding his ability to hold on to the seat. Sixty-two per cent of the JLP delegates...
Former Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President Howard Mitchell has criticised the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee, asserting that the parliamentary group has been poor at holding the anti-corruption body accountable....
Former People’s National Party (PNP) caretaker for Kingston Central Lawrence Rowe has suggested that he was forced out of the position amid a breakdown in negotiations involving millions of dollars and a promised Senate position with the party’s...
The “faceless” protest in St Elizabeth South Eastern on Monday was staged by “paid” political actors not affiliated with the opposition People’s National Party (PNP), according to its prospective candidate Norman Scott, who said his entrance into...
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has delivered a blow to Moon Palace Jamaica Grande, ruling that it pays a former employee US$230,000 or J$36 million in compensation for unjustifiable dismissal. The 20-page ruling was handed down on December...
A Jamaica-based technology group has criticised the government’s execution of the procurement process which it says focuses on the lowest bids instead of those that are “value-driven”, following a revelation by National Security Minister Dr Horace...
There is a call for the shake-up of the board of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) by environment watchdog the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) following a secret deal between the state body and Trade Winds Citrus Limited, which...
Jamaica’s slowing economy has triggered a warning from business executive Keith Duncan to temper the rollout of goodies and promises ahead of the general election next year. Duncan, chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC),...
A review of the auditor general’s annual reports for 16 government entities, including ministries, by a governance watchdog body has revealed a staggering $3 trillion in spending that has been unaccounted for over a six- to 11-year period. Jeanette...
Describing details of the secret pact between the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) and Trade Winds Citrus Limited as “worse than anticipated”, attorney-at-law Marcus Goffe says the environmental body acted against Jamaicans’ interest...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Chairman, Robert Montague, yesterday shied away from stating whether the party believes controversial Member of Parliament (MP) Everald Warmington should apologise for comments deemed racist, calling instead for a...
Former Director of Elections Orrette Fisher believes that there should be no change in the mayorship of the Clarendon Municipal Corporation based on the Local Governance Act. Fisher, who served in the post from 2008 to 2018, said that while he was...
The surgery for Ajanae Parchment, the 11-year-old girl who underwent corrective surgery for severe scoliosis last week, went well, her mother Sandra Aitcheson has indicated. Aitcheson said the high-risk procedure, which lasted for more than six...
The reduction in the electricity tax announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday is not expected to benefit the majority of residential users but will create an “equity issue”, energy consultant Stephen Wedderburn has asserted. At the same...
In what could be considered an almost urgent attempt to get Jamaicans to stick with his governing party, Prime Minister Andrew Holness used the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP’s) 81st annual conference on Sunday to target middle-income earners and...
A fiercely contested by-election is set to unfold today in Aenon Town, Clarendon, as Jamaica’s two major political parties pull out all stops to secure the division even as three other contests get under way. The parliamentary by-elections in...
Metry Seaga, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), is dismissing assertions that the Holness administration’s policy shift towards economic growth is aimed at wooing uptown votes, asserting instead that it is the only way...
