Peter Bunting could be facing a rebellion in the traditional Comrade-leaning Bellefield division of the Manchester Central constituency, and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) appears keen on exploiting every bit. Prime Minister and JLP Leader, Andrew...
Shopkeeper Ackeen Williams plans to vote in the upcoming general election, but first wants to deliver a personal message to Prime Minister Andrew Holness who's touring sections of her Manchester Central constituency this afternoon....
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that he does not regret calling a general election amid the latest coronavirus spike, arguing that the institutions of democracy cannot be allowed to fail. The polls are being held on September 3, six...
The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Phillip Henriques is making a second attempt to reach Gordon House, but this time, he believes that the ‘neglected’ people of Clarendon North Western will bring him across the line to end the People’s National Party...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to call the general election for the week before the new academic year starts on September 7. Party insiders say the likeliest dates are September 2 or 3 in the narrow window to avoid interrupting the...
The Integrity Commission (IC) says Wayne Powell, one of its commissioners who is also a board member of Petrojam, has recused himself from “all” matters relating to the scandal-scarred state-owned oil refinery. The Integrity Commission is Jamaica’...
Opposition legislator Victor Wright has now vowed silence on the latest land saga implicating him as new documents emerge suggesting he was not given an option to purchase a government property at Fontabelle Estate in Westmoreland. In a statement...
The government entity that manages the country’s sugar lands said it did not know that the son of de facto Agriculture Minister J.C. Hutchinson was operating a business at Holland Estate in St Elizabeth. Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings has...
J.C. Hutchinson, a de facto agriculture minister, urged an entity in his ministry to give possession of sugar lands at Holland Estate in St Elizabeth to a company in which his partner was a director and shareholder, according to leaked documents...
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has ordered an audit of benefits given to farmers at the Holland Estate amid concerns about conflicts of interest involving some of its officials and the private company managing the state-owned...
Alleging a “poor track record” on corruption prosecution, Opposition leader, Dr Peter Phillips, has written to Governor General (GG) Sir Patrick Allen, objecting to the proposal to extend the tenure of Paula Llewellyn as director of public...
Lisa Hanna, a legislator and spokesperson for the Opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) election campaign, has escaped criminal charges but has been slammed for nepotism and cronyism in the award of millions of dollars in contracts in St Ann...
Imagine having to turn up to work every day to contend with an irrepressible faecal odour, sleeping with a cesspit under the same roof, and routinely having to run for cover from sewage overflow. That’s the miserable life for almost 30...
PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness told the British high commissioner to Jamaica in August 2017 that his Government “would not take forward” the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison here, in the latest twist to the saga of who rejected the...
In a new revelation, the Holness administration is claiming that the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) offer to help build a prison here was “rejected” by the Portia Simpson Miller-led government in 2016 and not the now-ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)....
TOURISM LOBBYISTS are not easing up on the Government, saying they “expect” a final position by May 31 on the reopening of borders to incoming passengers, after Prime Minister Andrew Holness gave away little as he addressed the public five days...
THE HAUNTING tragedy of the Eventide Home fire 40 years ago today, which claimed the lives of at least 153 destitute and elderly women, still symbolises weaknesses in Jamaica’s care of citizens who can no longer do it for themselves, advocates have...
A dry sense of humour, a fiery, sharp wit and an unwavering commitment to Jamaica’s development thread the memories of three former business associates of Oliver Clarke, one of Jamaica’s most powerful media bosses for the past four decades. Clarke...
CARICOM foreign ministers scheduled to meet today will consider an internal analysis that the United States is threatening the region’s status as a “zone of peace” through its increased military presence in the southern Caribbean. The actions,...
An order for the immediate inspection of all uncertified private hospitals and for the full force of the law to be brought against them are among the early responses of the Holness administration now in mop-up mode following a Sunday Gleaner...
“Mi foot dead! Mi foot dead!” were the reported cries of a 16-year-old schoolboy to his cousin after he was allegedly attacked by a group of Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers in his Majesty Gardens, St Andrew, community on Sunday. The boy had...
When an order was issued for elderly persons to remain at home because of their high-risk status for the deadly coronavirus, the effect was not lost on ‘Hotline’ host Emily Shields. Shields, one of three hosts of the popular Radio Jamaica daytime...
Lawyers who have accused the Holness administration of threatening the constitutional right citizens have to legal representation by the non-exemption of attorneys under COVID-19 curfew orders will see a reversal this week, according to Senate...
