More than 45,000 election day workers (EDWs) and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) are eligible to vote today, under special provisions ahead of next Wednesday’s general election. According to...
The St Thomas police and the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM) are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident involving a woman and her partner, a police corporal assigned to the Seaforth Police Station. Sources...
After five consecutive defeats at the polls, many politicians would have long thrown in the towel. However, Joan Gordon-Webley isn’t built that way. Despite her rivals’ taunts, the veteran politician insists she is no loser, and is now eyeing what...
WESTERN BUREAU: Leon Cunningham, the Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) candidate for St James Southern, says he’s undeterred by the challenge of facing the more established Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and People’s National Party (PNP) candidates in...
The race for the St Ann North Western constituency could be a tightly contested one between the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Krystal Lee and the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Gabriela Morris. Both candidates bring strong credentials to the table...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says its income tax plan will cost the country significantly less than the People’s National Party’s (PNP) plan, indicating a $28 billion to $44 billion price tag, compared to $75 billion to $90 billion. The party...
A 22-year-old man is expected to be charged for the gruesome murder of two young children, one his son, the other his common-law stepson, whose bodies were recovered on Wednesday in Swamp district in Moneague, St Ann, after they went missing the...
As Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding come face-to-face tonight in the leadership debate, issues around constitutional reform, the fight against corruption, and FINSAC are among several questions being posed by...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Campaign Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday chided the Opposition for embarking on what he dubbed ‘angry and desperate campaigning’, warning that the JLP is prepared to push back, inside and outside the...
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the retrofitting, servicing, tyre changes and route reviews for the National Rural School Bus Programme have been completed for the roll-out of phase one of the initiative on September 8. Addressing a blessing...
If you ask diehard People’s National Party (PNP) supporters, St Andrew South Eastern is already marked as a sure win for the party. For them, the only question is the margin by which Julian Robinson will retain the seat. Robinson, the opposition...
Clarendon North Central has been firmly in Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) hands for more than two decades, but People’s National Party (PNP) newcomer Dr Aujae Dixon is hoping to break that streak when Jamaicans head to the polls on September 3. The...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Post has announced the suspension of sending all parcels and packets bound for the United States, effective Tuesday, following an executive order from Washington that ends duty-free treatment for low-value imports this week...
Cordel Hylton is counting his blessings after he was spared the worst of a late-evening fire that engulfed a building along East Street in downtown Kingston that houses his headstone business. At least one other occupant of the building, who was...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has referred a contentious matter involving the relocation of seven polling divisions in St Catherine South Central to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) for a ruling. The situation, which some voters...
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), the sole body with responsibility to conduct general elections in Jamaica, has dismissed information circulating in the media regarding the verification of voter identification cards at polling stations...
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...
Maureen Lorne insists that when the ballots are counted in St Andrew South Western on election night, Jamaicans will witness the unmistakable writing on the wall: a PNP stronghold of nearly four decades is on its way back to the Jamaica Labour...
Jamaican-Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area will gather on September 3 to watch the results of the general election at a special watch party hosted by the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA). The event, to be held at the Jamaican Canadian...
If there is one name that has become synonymous with persistence in Jamaican politics, it is Joseph ‘Bunny’ Witter. Despite never winning an election, the People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer has carved out a reputation as one of the...
The income tax plans by Jamaica’s two main political parties are not expected to be implemented before the 2027-2028 fiscal year, one business analyst is theorising. This is because the current fiscal profile of the country indicates that Jamaica...
Hope Bay, Portland: A mother and daughter are among eight people now in police custody following an early-morning robbery attempt at a Western Union outlet in Hope Bay, Portland, on Monday. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m., when several armed...
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...
As the second national political team debate focusing on the economy gets under way tonight, economist Ralston Hyman wants both the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP) to explain to the country how they plan to...
WESTERN BUREAU: Homer Davis is warning Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters that the path to a third consecutive term in government will not be an easy one. Davis, who was addressing his party’s mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay, St...
