As the Government moves to implement the next phase of the public-sector compensation review, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reiterated the call for increased productivity in the civil service. “We are at the point where we have to get our...
Opposition spokesman on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, is suggesting a probe by the Auditor General's Department into the health ministry's contract with The Phoenix Partnership (TPP) might be necessary at this time. Dawes this week raised...
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is blaming the Government of Jamaica's lengthy procurement process for its delay in occupying two properties for which it made $371.8 million in lease payments over three years. A report by the...
A man who has claimed he is the great-great-grandson of National Hero Marcus Garvey has been arrested for randomly punching a TikTok influencer in the face in New York City earlier this week, police said Wednesday. The New York Post...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has rolled out its new Beat Officer Patrol Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Metropolitan Region. The JCF says the division, which was launched on Monday, aims to bolster public safety and strengthen...
Two public officers who have been hindered from going to work at King's House, the Governor-General's residence, since October 2021 for failure to provide COVID-19 tests results have filed lawsuits in the Supreme Court contending...
Director of the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice, Dionne Dawn Binns, says a slew of special intervention programmes are available for children who are victims of crime or are at risk. She told JIS News that children make up...
A 60-year-old man who is accused of stabbing another to death in Spanish Town, St Catherine has been further remanded until May 22. Alexander Page of Greendale in Spanish Town is charged for the murder of 45-year-old Isaiah Atkinson, also of...
The 36-bed Ward 2 North at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has been officially reopened following extensive renovation valued at more than $10 million. The project was a collaborative effort involving public and private-sector entities and aimed...
The family of 25-year-old Sashay Burke, otherwise called Keena, of Alexandria, St Ann, has expressed appreciation to the public for the assistance provided towards her heart surgery. Keena underwent successful life-saving surgery at the University...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has set the case of Mickey Miller, who is currently before the court on cocaine charges, for mention on April 8 in order to clear up confusion over whether the matter had proceeded to trial prior to being...
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is urging Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish, arguing that an abstention would help in saving the environment and prevent flooding. Parrot fish are noted to play an important role...
Windsor Castle, West Portland: A legal battle is looming between the purported owner of a property at Windsor Castle in West Portland and two state-run agencies – the Portland Municipal Corporation and the National Works Agency (NWA) – over who...
VIVIAN CRAWFORD, born in Moore Town, Portland, came to historic Kingston city for the first time in 1949, on a market truck. The experience was so enriching that he went back home speaking “proper English”. Ten years later, he returned to Kingston...
Despite spending some $371.8 million of taxpayers' money to lease two properties over a three year period, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) failed to occupy the buildings up to August 31, 2023. The bombshell report was tabled in Parliament...
The long-awaited Port Royal Museum is expected to be opened in May of this year, with the first exhibit set to be unveiled at the event. Construction of the two-storey facility, which will be the first fit-for-purpose museum erected in Jamaica, was...
After Monday's protest at the Blue Lagoon in Port Antonio, the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM) moved its activities to the Little Dunn's River beach in Ocho Rios on Tuesday, with a two-hour sit-in outside the...
The Cabinet has given approval for 3,813 new posts at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its four regional companies. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, made the announcement while closing the 2024/...
The St Mary police have apprehended another of the prisoners who escaped from custody at the Oracabessa Police Lock-Up on December 21, 2023. The fugitive, identified as 26-year-old Phillip Williams, also known as 'Boe', from Belfield, St...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) recorded more than 136,000 system outages last year, Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Ansord Hewitt, has disclosed. He was speaking this morning at the OUR's Annual Director-...
Thirty-six-year-old higgler Damion Lewis, otherwise called 'Jackfruit' and 'Rasta', of Mountain View Avenue in Kingston, was on Monday charged for the stabbing death of a man along North Parade in downtown Kingston. Killed was 27-...
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting that it has improved its operational capacity to address the printing backlog of free birth certificates experienced in 2023. Persons are allowed the first copy of a child's birth...
A Comma Pen district, St Elizabeth man was charged on Monday in relation to the death of a 62-year-old farmer during an argument. He is 37-year-old farmer Jerome Reid, who turned himself in to the police and was subsequently charged. A court...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The President of the Trinidad and Tobago Dental Board Dr Shevone Marchand Tuesday warned citizens against falling victim to being treated by fraudulent and unregistered persons posing as dentists in the country...
The family of 25-year-old Sashay ‘Keena’ Burke is expressing appreciation for the public’s assistance towards her successful cardiac surgery. Burke, who is from the community of Alexandria in St Ann, underwent surgery at the University Hospital of...
The Jamaica Customs Agency has launched a new format of its communication initiative ‘Customs Meets the Community’, a parish-based engagement that brings Customs directly to the people of Jamaica. The first leg of this community-based initiative,...
Phase One of Caribbean Cement Company Limited’s (CCCL’s) expansion project, which will deliver an increase of up to 30 per cent in cement production, is progressing towards full completion next year. The company’s newly appointed Managing Director...
It has been a month since the celebration of Reggae Month, but Kaye Smith can still vividly recall the pulsating rhythms of the live performances she attended and the infectious energy of the crowds that surrounded her. “Reggae Month offers me the...
JAMAICANS ARE being encouraged to gain greater knowledge on what colorectal cancer is and when it would be most appropriate for them to visit their doctor for a screening examination. Speaking at a colon cancer symposium hosted at The University...
With 28 more murders recorded in Jamaica over the last week, between March 16 and 23, homicide detectives had close to 60 deaths to probe in 14 days. This, after 31 murders were reported for the week of March 9-16. According to the Jamaica...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) has joined with the diaspora in condemning recently reported racist, sexist and violent remarks about Jamaican and United Kingdom Member of Parliament, Diane Abbott, made by head of The Phoenix Partnership...
The Scientific Research Council (SRC) is encouraging more schools to take advantage of the entity's wastewater treatment project. Under the initiative, the SRC designs and implements environmentally friendly treatment plants to reduce the...
As the Terminal Road community continues to reel from the aftermath of a double police killing on Saturday, investigators made another visit to the scene of the incident on Monday to gather further evidence. Negriah Bailey and Daniel...
The United Nations (UN) has never been more important than it is today, to promote economic progression and stem the “growing levels” of conflict, instability and uncertainty globally. This was emphasised by Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Speaker of the House, Juliet Holness has accused Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Valrie Curtis, of “gross dereliction of duty” in relation to the handling of reports submitted by the Auditor General's Department (AuGD). In a...