The Government-run entity that represents the interests of persons with disabilities is “trusting” that their experiences casting ballots in next week’s general election will be better than past polls, a top executive has indicated. This caution...
The proposal by the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) to raise the tax-free ceiling for personal income tax to $3.5 million annually would be implemented in the next fiscal year, though it would forego approximately $55 billion in...
Representatives of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) failed to give sufficient assurance, during the first of three national debates, that they will move away from a zero per cent wage offer made to agitated...
There was no motorcade or throngs of supporters behind Garth Barnett as he arrived at Covenant of Mercy Academy (Alpha) to hand in his nomination papers to contest the Kingston Central constituency in the upcoming elections for the United...
The 54-page manifesto published by the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) “clearly seems to be a very rushed and hurriedly prepared” document with policies that have already been put in train by the Government, senior figures in the...
The Jamaican Government has commenced talks with its counterparts in the Southern African nation of Eswatini for the return of a Jamaican man who was among five “barbaric criminals” deported there by United States (US) authorities, the foreign...
The outdoor pit latrine and wooden houses with zinc roofs are testament to the squalid living conditions for nearly two dozen families in the small tenement yard in the heart of Jamaica’s capital city. The tenement, located at 41-43 Hanover Street...
The headquarters of the Jamaican army was placed on lockdown yesterday as military personnel conducted a sweeping search for a missing firearm, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has disclosed. Army officials revealed, too, that two JDF members have...
Five men who pleaded guilty to driving with more than the legally permitted amount of alcohol on their breath appeared in a St James courtroom to be sentenced last Tuesday. The legal limit in Jamaica is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres...
A former employee at Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) is in police custody facing criminal charges for allegedly defrauding more than $9 million from the financial institution. Christopher Russell, 36, former accounting support officer at...
The country’s main road safety advocate group has sounded a “red alert” as the gains made over the first five months of this year in containing the number of fatalities on the roadways have now been wiped out. Up to the end of the first half of...
An executive at the Sagicor Group has denied a suggestion that she was aware of numerous attempts by internal security operatives to coerce one of the four ex-employees in the multimillion-dollar fraud case to alter a witness statement. Kaydian...
A government-appointed committee that conducted a “comprehensive” review of Jamaica’s disaster risk management mechanisms has delivered some “sobering” findings, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has disclosed. Holness did not divulge details of the...
Nearly four out of every 10 work permits approved by the Jamaican Government last year were for Chinese nationals, a new report has revealed. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) received a total of 5,651 work permit applications in...
The contract killer who is going to prison for the execution-style murder of a Manchester sales representative was released from a juvenile prison just over a year after he was convicted for illegal gun possession as a minor, law enforcement...
The attorney for a Russian national charged with killing four people in a 2022 motor vehicle crash has taken issue with an “unusual” move by prosecutors to consult the Attorney General’s Chambers on the appropriate compensation for the victims’...
Missteps by Jamaica’s environment regulatory agency that caused the collapse of a criminal case against a company accused of polluting a river, resulting in a fish kill, should serve as a “teachable moment” for government entities with...
A contract killer has been convicted for the execution-style murder of a man who was reportedly labelled an “informa” after allegedly alerting his employers to a fraudulent scheme that was siphoning millions of dollars from their Manchester-based...
Almost nine out of 10 Jamaicans believe the Sex Offender Registry should be made public, a new opinion poll has revealed. The “overwhelming response” was reflected across all the age and gender demographic groupings, according to the latest...
A woman who claimed that her life was upended by a false-positive HIV test result has lost a lawsuit she and her common-law partner filed against a Clarendon-based medical laboratory for psychological harm. The decision by Supreme Court Judge...
A father accused of a horrific sexual assault on his then four-year-old son, amid an on-going visitation rights tussle with his former common-law partner, has been freed after a judge, in a rare exercise of judicial discretion, withdrew the case...
“Economistic” young people who believe they can use criminality as the fastest route to “wealth and riches” are “sadly mistaken”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has warned. The warning came on Tuesday as Holness disclosed that some 20,000 young...
A politically influential businessman is listed as a director of the company that owns the luxury Mercedes-Benz sedan that was involved in a highway crash in which four people were killed, official documents have revealed. The vehicle was being...
There are fresh jitters among Jamaicans illegally residing in the United States (US) as American authorities begin to lay the groundwork for a crackdown on hundreds of thousands of people who have overstayed visitor visas. An ‘overstayer’ is...
Twelve years’ experience in law enforcement, five of them at a senior level, was listed as one of the requirements for the post of chief technical director (CTD) of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) when it was first advertised late last...
