Opposition spokesman on finance, Dr Peter Phillips is claiming that confidence in the economy is being affected by what he says is far too much confusion coming out of the government. Phillip cited the arguments over the construction of the...
There is still no sign of the policeman who disappeared after driving his car into the sea in Discovery Bay, St Ann earlier this week. Director of Communication with the Jamaica Constabulary Force Stephanie Lindsay says members of the Jamaica...
The Justice Ministry is proposing to make a number of changes to the regime which governs Justices of Peace (JPs). Portfolio minister, Delroy Chuck, said the ministry is looking at expanding the geographical jurisdiction of JPs to give them...
The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service says it will be carrying out limited operations today. This, the ministry says, is due to the effect of a fogging exercise conducted for ZIKA on its premises yesterday. The Ministry says it has taken...
The Westmoreland police are reporting that they have identified two suspects in the killing of the Canadian tourist in the parish last weekend. Thirty-five-year-old real estate broker Andre Palakia was shot dead reportedly by two men on a...
A St Ann man has been arrested and charged with firearm offences is to appear in court on Tuesday. The man, whose name is being withheld pending further investigations was held during a police operation in Lime Bottom district, Ocho Rios...
The Court of Appeal has set a date for early next year to hear the appeal filed by attorneys for People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller and other party functionaries that has stalled the Trafigura case.
Several employees at the Finance Ministry's Heroes Circle offices in Kingston were sent home this morning after reporting respiratory issues shortly after they arrived at work. Some staff members believe the problem may be the result of residue...
The chairs of the IOC Athlete Commission and the WADA Athlete Committee have released a joint statement about the IAAF's decision on Russia, saying they "commend and support" the move. IOC athlete chair Claudia Bokel and WADA athlete...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness did not answer questions from the media yesterday on when he will publicly release his financial records after missing a second self-imposed deadline. Holness did not even get to answer the question posed by a...
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is seeking to engage truck owners as it looks to ramp up its garbage collection islandwide. The NSWMA says it has been receiving many complaints from citizens about the backlog of garbage...
VIENNA (AP): The Russian Sports Ministry says it is "extremely disappointed" that the IAAF has ruled to uphold its ban on the country's track and field athletes competing in international competitions, including the Olympics. The...
Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie says officials from his ministry have been deployed to the scene of the Karisma Hotel group’s Azul Seven Project in Negril, Hanover where a Chinese worker died in what has been described in a freak accident last night.
A case management hearing is scheduled for today for the lawyers involved in the Trafigura matter to determine whether there are any obstacles to an appeal going ahead. It's an important step before the possible hearing of the appeal filed by...
Several employees of the Finance Ministry were sent home this morning after reporting respiratory issues shortly after they arrived at work. The staff members believe it may be the result of residue from last night's routine fogging at...
The panel that conducted the Commission of Enquiry into the May 2010 west Kingston operation by the security forces has recommended that the Government amend the Extradition Act. In its more than 900-page report, the commissioners pointed out that...
Public Defender Arlene Harrison Henry has dismissed the criticism that the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry report should have held Tivoli residents accountable for their part in the 2010 police-military operation. Harrison Henry says the...
An attorney who participated in the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry has criticised the commissioners for not holding residents of Tivoli Gardens responsible for playing any role in the 2010 police-military operation. The West Kingston...
Published:Thursday | June 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMJoel Campbell
STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Arain-Sodden evening at the Olympic Stadium took the gloss off the Stockholm Diamond League meeting, where Jamaica’s Simone Facey and Novlene Williams-Mills were put through their paces in the 200 metres and 400m,...
As we approach Father's Day, we asked some of Jamaica's corporate executives what they learnt from their fathers that they are now passing on to their children.R. Danny Williams, chairman, Sagicor Group"I learnt from my father that love and...