Edmond Campbell/Senior Staff Reporter
February 5, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Disaster Fund Committee missing in action for 24 months
The National Disaster Fund Committee (NDFC), which has the critical responsibility of managing the National Disaster Fund (NDF) and signing off on sums to be allocated for relief and other purposes in…
January 27, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Pay not attractive, IC staff wants parity with counterparts – Beresford
Craig Beresford, executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), says the anti-corruption body has challenges retaining highly skilled staff and attracting new talent due to the level of…
January 21, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
‘The years just pass on and I just take it easy’
If Henrietta Adina Williams, popularly known as ‘Miss Heady’, divulges her age to those who do not know her personally, the disclosure could be met with gasps of denial as her physical appearance…
January 16, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
‘I was depressed for two years’
Twenty-one-year-old Jayanne Booth, a University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) student, says the past two years of her life were a nightmare, marked by fear, uncertainty, and emotional distress after…
January 15, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
UHWI gave booster shot to tax dodgers, says auditor general
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has indicated that the actions of those behind the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) customs tax-evasion scandal served to facilitate private entities…
January 15, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Health ministry fails to clear backlog of appropriation accounts before Nov deadline
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has missed another deadline of November 2025 to clear a backlog of appropriation accounts dating back to 2013. Appropriation accounts spanning the fiscal years…
January 14, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
POLICE PROBE
The board of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has reported “specific matters” from a report on the procurement activities of the hospital to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Fraud…
January 14, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
Audit reveals procurement failures at UHWI
Exposing a glaring practice by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), of utilising a retrospective process to validate procurements, Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says this action by…
January 13, 2026
by Edmond Campbell
New NIA boss: ‘Stand up and be counted’
Newly appointed Principal Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Dr Gavin Myers, has signalled that he intends to continue the strong advocacy of the organisation as it pushes for good…