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...
Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2017 | 7:37 PMJerome Reynolds
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has weighed in on the controversy involving the People's National Party's St Mary South East candidate, saying he believes all Members of Parliament should be Jamaican citizens.
Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 12:54 PMJerome Reynolds
Head of the Police Area 2, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Norman Heywood, says the police will intensify their enforcement activities this week across South Eastern St Mary as the two main political parties step up their campaigning ahead of...
Published:Monday | October 23, 2017 | 9:33 AMJerome Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer of the Firearm Licencing Authority (FLA), Shane Dalling, says the agency is embarking on a new drive to get gun owners to regularise their status.
Published:Saturday | October 21, 2017 | 7:37 AMJerome Reynolds
Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown is describing as fruitful Friday’s meeting with representatives of the two main political parties about ongoing complaints related to the hotly contested South...
Published:Thursday | October 19, 2017 | 2:13 PMJerome Reynolds
Managing Director of tobacco company Carreras Limited Marcus Steele says the Government should tread carefully in its plans to introduce new tobacco legislation so as to avoid undermining the social outreach of the company and other players...
Published:Tuesday | October 17, 2017 | 5:05 PMJerome Reynolds
National Security Minister Robert Montague says the police have seen a significant increase in the recovery of illegal guns and ammunition. Speaking at a press conference this morning where the second special zone of operation was...
