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May 13, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Anatomy of failure - Former UHWI chairman says recommendations for correction not followed by management

Wayne Chai Chong said the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) board he led for about a year from December 2022 had identified corrective steps for a litany of problems later flagged by the…
May 7, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

NaRRA plea - Jamaicans urged to send message as Senate debates reconstruction legislation

A leading accountability campaigner is pushing for Jamaicans to stand up and be heard while cautioning against the powers that the Government has arrogated to itself in the National Reconstruction and…
May 2, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

‘Digital mobbing’ - Government senator said Speaker was dehumanised online

Government Senator Dr Elon Thompson has accused some persons online of carrying out what he described as a “digital mobbing” of Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness in the wake of…
The then new House marshal, Kevin Williams, carries the mace during the opening of the new session of Parliament in 2012. The current House marshal is Captain Wayne Blake.
April 30, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Messing with the mace

When Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Western Dr Angela Brown Burke hoisted the mace from “under the table” while the committee of the whole House examined the controversial National…
Senator Lambert Brown, president of the University and Allied Workers Union, inspects documents with Dr Renee Badroe, president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association, during the JMDA’s closing submission last Wednesday in a matter currently befor
April 4, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

When doctors leave, what happens to the patients, Brown warns

Senior trade unionist Senator Lambert Brown this week cautioned that the Government’s move to scrap incentive and emergency duty allowances for doctors who are mandated to work overtime could have a…
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March 31, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

UHWI in hot seat at PAC

The University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) so-called procurement scandal takes centre stage today as Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is expected to drill down to unveil additional…
Jean Lowrie-Chin of the Caribbean Community of Retired Persons.
March 27, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Park for seniors on King’s House lands gets thumbs up

Plans to establish a new park on sections of land at King’s House for senior citizens are being hailed as a move in the right direction by stakeholders and at least one Corporate Area member of…
Prime Minister Andrew Holness making his contribution to the 2026-2027 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives.
March 20, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Holness pressing FAST-forward

Signalling that delays in the implementation of critical national investment projects will soon be a thing of the past, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has indicated that his administration is…