Cabinet Minister Matthew Samuda has defended the stance of the National Water Commission (NWC), which has indicated it will cease sharing water quality data with the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), but said all reports about...
St Andrew East Rural Member of Parliament (MP) Juliet Holness says the Andrew Holness administration has brought Jamaica to a point where citizens no longer have to “band their belly” to survive, urging the electorate to reject the opposition party...
Jamaica’s Supreme Court is being asked to quash a decision by the St James Municipal Corporation to remove political posters of prospective candidates for the upcoming general election and to bar the local authority from taking any similar action....
The Office of the Political Ombudsman has asked Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon for a written explanation outlining the basis on which campaign posters of prospective candidates for the Opposition party have been removed by the St James...
A heated political debate over housing policy has erupted between the Government and the parliamentary Opposition, as both sides seek to win voter support ahead of Jamaica’s next general election. On Monday, Opposition Leader Mark Golding responded...
The Jamaican electorate is being urged by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to choose his Government’s housing policies over the Opposition’s when they go to the polls, even as he acknowledged the ongoing housing crisis that has been overwhelming...
A Jamaican immigration attorney in the United States (US) believes the Trump administration is headed for a major legal showdown with universities there as the slashing of student visas threaten their funding. Attorney-at law Oliver J. Langstadt...
The Church of England is hoping that its establishment of a £100-million fund for the descendants of slavery will cause other institutions to examine their roles in the transatlantic slave trade and follow that example. The fund is being...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is urging Jamaicans in the diaspora to return home and invest, a move which he said would increase the country’s output and further boost the economy. Holness, who was the guest speaker at a diaspora forum at the...
The Dr Andrew Holness-led administration is urging local businesses to look to new markets amid the Trump administration’s imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on Jamaican exports to the United States even as it seeks “urgent clarification”. The...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has defended Jamaica’s use of Cuban medics to support the local health sector, declaring that there is no exploitation in the programme that has surfaced as a blot on the Trump administration’s radar. Holness, who,...
Security issues are expected to hold prominence in discussions between Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness when the United States secretary of state kick-starts his two-day tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica today. The Trump...
The Trump administration has signalled to regional leaders that it has little interest in discussing the Cuban medical mission programme when Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in the Caribbean today. The stance came hours before Rubio’s...
Former Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Curtis Ward says the key reason for Marco Rubio’s visit to Jamaica this week has not been revealed, asserting that the trip is to make demands on CARICOM states. The United States (US) Department of...
In a bid to finally put to rest the ongoing debate about his citizenship status, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has disclosed documents from the United Kingdom Home Office confirming his renunciation as a citizen of that country. Documents,...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness announced a raft of changes in National Housing Trust (NHT) policies Tuesday, doling out benefits as he made his case for a third term ahead of parliamentary polls later this year. The changes, which take effect...
The Parliamentary Opposition has filed an affidavit of urgency asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block the enactment of the law passed to establish Portmore as a parish, arguing that it violates the Constitution of Jamaica. People’s National...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is proposing to establish a National Disability Fund should his party form the next Government. He is equally promising to increase spending to address the challenges of special needs children in Jamaica. Golding, who...
Member of Parliament (MP) Rhoda Moy Crawford, who wept on the political platform on Sunday, says her tears were the culmination of a “tough” journey which included a recent emergency surgery. The Manchester Central MP, who is desperately seeking to...
Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Julian Robinson says a $1-billion fund will be established for Jamaica’s creative industry to drive growth and export talent. Robinson, who was delivering his 2025-2026 Budget Debate presentation in Parliament on...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says the Opposition’s proposal to spread government deposits across the banking sector to force competition “sounds feasible and like a good idea” but that an explanation is needed for where the...
An 80 per cent reduction in the bond on import duties paid by new-car dealers will not automatically result in lower prices for vehicles, Automobile Dealers Association (ADA) Chair Jacqueline Stewart Lechler has confirmed. She said businesses may...
Jamaicans earning above $1.7 million are to get approximately $75,000 over three years following Finance Minister Fayval Williams’ announcement of an increase in the income tax threshold to $2 million. Williams, the country’s first woman minister...
Crime continues to be the single most crippling concern facing Jamaicans, with the high cost of living a distant second, the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson opinion poll has found. The findings are almost identical to those determined...
