Silva Investment Limited, a foreign firm engaged in multiple businesses, has acquired Torpedo Micro Loan Financing in what it said is a strategic move to get a foothold in Jamaica’s growing financial market. In addition to the fixed assets,...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is conducting a probe into the shooting of a bus driver by the police in Spalding, Clarendon this morning. It is reported that a police sergeant was seizing the driver’s Toyota...
Parliamentarians from both sides of the House this afternoon paid tribute to slain Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Dr Lynvale Bloomfield. Bloomfield, a medical doctor, was found dead at his Passley Gardens home in the constituency on Saturday...
Yolande Ramharrack, the former human resource manager hired by Petrojam without the required academic qualification, received a gross separation payment $9.2 million even though there were "unresolved issues" related to her employment at the state-owned oil refinery.
Several students at the northern St Elizabeth-based Aberdeen High School are facing the possibility of expulsion for allegedly inciting two days of protest last week.
The People’s National Party (PNP) is offering a $500,000 reward through Crime Stop to anyone with information that leads to the arrest of those responsible for the murder of East Portland Member of Parliament Dr Linvale George Bloomfield.
Before I came to Jamaica, I had been inspired by Africa. My mentors had included Eduardo Mondlane and Amilcar Cabral, the founders of the liberation movements in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. In 1972, I marched with the guerilla forces 30 miles...
Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Sancia Bennett-Templer faced scathing criticisms from lawmakers today after she declined to provide answers about whether the former human resource manager at Petrojam, the state-owned oil refinery, received a compensation package arising from her resignation.
THE EDITOR, Sir: The Minister of Education, Hon Ruel Reid, recently announced his intent to develop a code of conduct (with input from opposition parliamentarians) for educators who enter active politics whilst in the employ of the government....
I am writing in response to the upsurge of violence in Bull Bay, Jamaica, and the security forces’ response to the problem. As a member of the Jamaican diaspora here in the United States, and as president of the Jamaican Association of Rhode Island...
The Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate is to deliberate on the nomination of Arizona businessman Donald R. Tapia to become ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the US to Jamaica. A date is to be set for the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago health authorities have confirmed a fifth death as a result of the HINI virus and urged people, particularly those in key at-risk groups, to get vaccinated. Health Minister Terrence...
The National Housing Trust (NHT) is reporting that it is aware that some contributors may have been experiencing delays in obtaining their 2011 contribution refunds. The NHT says it is working with employers to have the issues resolved,...