Courier service operators are expressing concern over the possible long-term impact on their businesses after Amazon announced that it is now offering free shipping to Jamaica, with some fearing that it could ultimately cause them to close shop. “...
An 80 per cent reduction in the bond on import duties paid by new-car dealers will not automatically result in lower prices for vehicles, Automobile Dealers Association (ADA) Chair Jacqueline Stewart Lechler has confirmed. She said businesses may...
The Court of Appeal has reinstated a lifetime spousal maintenance order for Professor Errol Morrison to support his ex-wife, overturning a lower court’s decision for its termination in 2025. “If this order is allowed to stand, it could unjustly...
President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid has welcomed the $2 billion announced by the finance minister to fund start-ups and small businesses but noted that more was needed to assist the sector. In her opening...
WESTERN BUREAU: Corporal Orville Williams, who was the subofficer on duty at the lock-up at the Barnett Street Police Station, in Montego Bay, St James, when Mario Deane suffered a fatal beating on August 3, 2014, positively identified two of the...
Professor Errol Miler, the former chairman of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), is warning that there will be dire consequences for the electoral system in Jamaica if general elections due later this year are held with Portmore included as...
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Alfred Dawes is again echoing a call by the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) for a full audit of the J$25 billion the Government says has been spent on the rehabilitation of the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay,...
Claudia Sinclair* gave birth to a child born through surrogacy just a few months ago and is already anticipating going through the process again. For her, the chance to carry a child to full term for another woman gives her an opportunity to spread...
The Government has allocated $496 billion for compensation to workers in the public sector but at least one group is expecting retroactive payments by the end of April since their demands aren’t expected to be met, as they had wanted, by the end of...
Jamaicans earning above $1.7 million are to get approximately $75,000 over three years following Finance Minister Fayval Williams’ announcement of an increase in the income tax threshold to $2 million. Williams, the country’s first woman minister...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Circuit Court has granted an application for two prosecution witnesses to give evidence via the online platform in the triple murder case against music producer Linval ‘Shab Don’ Thompson and Tajay Clarke, who are...
Amid the rise of youth-on-youth violence, and violence against youths across Jamaica, insufficient data, inadequate leadership and lack of unity have posed a challenge for stakeholders when attempting to curb the increasing incident rates in high-...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kevin Francis, whose absence derailed Monday’s scheduled sitting in the trial of the three police personnel charged in the Mario Deane beating death case, was back on the stand today but it was...
WESTERN BUREAU: Five months after the St James Health Services promised that the problematic issue of raw sewage flowing along a busy thoroughfare at the Porto Bello entrance to Cornwall Court in Montego Bay would be addressed, the situation has...
The Government is moving to roll out what it describes as “the most ambitious programme” to allow affordable access to prepaid electricity, particularly for those stealing light and power from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) grid. Targeting 20,...
A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) lance corporal, who reportedly abducted a female trainee and raped her last December, was offered $250,000 bail in the Supreme Court, after he was denied bail in the parish court and successfully appealed. The 30-year-...
The Kingston Central Police Division yesterday recorded its second murder for the year after an argument between a conductor and a bus driver, allegedly over passengers, turned deadly aboard a public passenger bus in downtown Kingston. Dead is 36-...
At least two economists are of the view that Fayval Williams, the minister of finance and the public service, should provide a forecast of how the Government intends to steer the country towards economic growth in the wake of two consecutive...
Exactly five years after the detection of the first COVID-19 case on the island, the Government of Jamaica yesterday unveiled a monument in honour of healthcare workers who would have lost their lives to the dreaded disease. The monument, which...
A real estate agent is urging renters to exercise vigilance when seeking a place to live, as scammers have been using listings from his website to deceive potential tenants and rob them of thousands of dollars. Rohan Scott, a realtor for more than...
Western Bureau: Late Hanover Custos Dr David Stair was last Friday remembered by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen as a remarkable public servant, who served with passion and distinction, during his funeral at St Mary’s Parish Church in Lucea in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The third day of the trial of the three police officers charged in connection with the 2014 beating death of Mario Deane was adjourned after five minutes as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kevin Francis, who was slated to...
The RJRGLEANER Communications Group’s Cross Country Invasion Region 3 got off to a spirited and successful start with a church service at Shiloh Apostolic Church on Manning Avenue in Port Antonio, Portland, yesterday. From the outset, it was...
Although Jamaica’s two main political parties are already claiming victory ahead of the upcoming general election, Dr Christopher Charles believes that the People’s National Party (PNP) will defeat the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) at the...
Nonprofit organisation Empowered Resources and Solutions Limited celebrated a transformative initiative on Friday, aimed at empowering teen moms through upskilling, mentorship, and emotional support in recognition of International Women’s Day....
