Published:Tuesday | January 23, 2018 | 12:21 PMJerome Reynolds
The Leader of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips has called for the Government to establish special major task forces dedicated to probing cases in high crime areas. Phillips says the task forces should be staffed with the most...
Published:Tuesday | January 16, 2018 | 12:17 PMJerome Reynolds
Some user of the North South Highway, which runs from St Catherine to St Ann, will pay more to travel on the toll road. The new rates will take effect at 10 o’clock on the night of Monday, January 22. The increases range between $50...
Published:Tuesday | January 9, 2018 | 5:05 PMJerome Reynolds
Jamaicans could have access to prepaid water supply this calendar year. That’s according to Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan, who, in an interview today on Power Talk on Power 106 FM...
Published:Wednesday | January 3, 2018 | 7:06 PMJerome Reynolds
National Security Minister Robert Montague has rejected a preliminary report by Police Commissioner George Quallo on the traffic nightmare on the Palisadoes Road in Kingston, calling it inadequate and disappointing. It was total...
Published:Wednesday | December 27, 2017 | 2:58 PMJerome Reynolds
The shortage of police personnel is hampering plans by the Ministry of National Security to go ahead with a plan to divide St James into two police divisions. The plan was announced more than a year ago. At the time, the country was...
Published:Tuesday | December 12, 2017 | 1:38 PMJerome Reynolds
The long-running court battle between bill payment companies, Paymaster Jamaica Limited and GraceKennedy Remittance Services has come to an end with the Privy Council ruling in favour of GraceKennedy. In a decision handed down yesterday, Jamaica...
Published:Friday | December 8, 2017 | 5:50 PMJerome Reynolds
Henry McCurdy, the attorney for Granville Division Councillor Michael Troupe, says his client is perturbed by social media claims seeking to link him to the mega seizure of 119 guns and ammunition destined for Jamaica. The weapons were seized...
Published:Thursday | December 7, 2017 | 12:08 PMJerome Reynolds
District Constables are one step closer to joining the ranks of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Civil Service Establishment (General Order) 2017 which will result in 2,200 district constable...
Published:Wednesday | December 6, 2017 | 12:52 PMJerome Reynolds
Project Director for National Identification System (NIDS) Warren Vernon says the system will pay for itself at the end of the project. The government is taking out a loan of US$68 million to finance the implementation of NIDs....
Published:Tuesday | December 5, 2017 | 10:03 AMJerome Reynolds
Finance Minister Audley Shaw is expected to table the first supplementary estimates of expenditure in Parliament this afternoon. He made the disclosure last week in the House of Representatives after an enquiry was made by the...
Published:Monday | November 13, 2017 | 7:37 PMJerome Reynolds
The Govermnent has rejected a propsal by the Opposition for the proposed national identification card to be given the same ownership protection as the Jamaican passport which is guaranteed under the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedom.
Published:Monday | November 13, 2017 | 12:38 PMJerome Reynolds
Senate leader Kamina Johnson Smith this morning apologised in the Senate to opposition senator Floyd Morris over comments she made during Friday’s sitting of the Upper House...
Published:Tuesday | October 31, 2017 | 5:50 PMJerome Reynolds
Member of Parliament for West Portland Daryl Vaz caused a stir in Parliament this afternoon after entering Gordon House draped in a Jamaican flag. Vaz said he wanted to...
