When the new parliamentary term gets under way in a week or so, there will be 17 first-time members of parliament (MPs) sitting in the House of Representatives. Of the newcomers, there are six women and 11 men split between 12 from the People’s...
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) is warning that a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) proposal to double the minimum wage on a phased basis could result in job losses or increased costs being passed on to consumers. The private-sector body urged the...
Following several bomb threats to government buildings in the Corporate Area and in rural areas, members of at least three private sector bodies have called for the security forces to put measures in place to strongly discourage and respond to...
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...
At least one civil society group has suggested social policy issues that representatives of the two major political parties should address when they meet in the first political debate on Saturday. Although police data shows a 42 per cent reduction...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has signalled that his administration is prepared to make a “credible and reasonable offer” to public-sector workers that will not damage the economy going forward. His remarks come against the background of an...
Corruption watchdog National Integrity Action (NIA) says it strongly supports proposed reforms of the Integrity Commission Act (ICA), including the publication of statutory declarations by all members of the Executive and a review of the...
Suffering the pangs of emotional distress after discovering she had contracted HIV from a man she was cohabiting with over a period of time, a distraught woman, who asked to be identified only as Anica, visited a medical facility, which confirmed...
It is often said that ‘third time’s a charm’ and this proved true for Fione Joy Collins, the deputy director of nursing services at the Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester, who was overwhelmed on Saturday when she was named Nurse of the Year during...
The legislative restraint imposed on the Integrity Commission (IC) in how it conducts its investigations could be partially eased under a new People’s National Party (PNP) administration. Leader of the Opposition and PNP President Mark Golding said...
The Supreme Court has affirmed that Section 7(2) of the Integrity Commission Act imposes a legal obligation on individuals and entities to cooperate with the Integrity Commission (IC) by complying with its information requests. In a written...
While the People’s National Party (PNP) has not taken a position on term limits for prime ministers, at least two senior members of the party have endorsed the idea. PNP General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell and Opposition Spokesman on National...
Accusing the Government of shifting the goalposts in their long-standing overtime dispute, the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) on Monday urged the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) to deliver justice as they seek compensation for extra...
Declaring that the “tide has shifted”, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang yesterday reeled off a raft of achievements in the fight against crime and violence, arguing that the country was beginning to see the results of the Government’s...
The absence of public statements or visible enforcement of the Political Code of Conduct by the commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) is deeply troubling, Danielle Archer, principal director of National Integrity Action (NIA),...
With just over a month remaining before his contract expires, Greg Christie, the executive director of the Integrity Commission (IC), has urged his colleagues to remain steadfast and impartial in their ongoing fight against corruption in Jamaica....
Newly appointed Chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC), retired Justice Carol Lawrence-Beswick, has signalled that as head of the anti-corruption body she will dedicate herself to advancing the mission of a corruption-free Jamaica. Responding to...
With financing from a key international funding agency recently coming to a halt, Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) says it is banking on corporate Jamaica to support its plans to monitor the general election due this year....
As the 2025-2026 Budget Debate comes to a close today, one financial analyst wants Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams to comment on two critical issues, including the current wage bill. Financial analyst Dr Adrian Stokes said...
Two former elderly employees of the now defunct Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO), who together contributed nearly 40 years of service to that institution, are, today, in dismay after going on retirement early last year and being told that...
While welcoming the parliamentary Opposition’s proposal to waive taxes for three years for new players in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises sector if it forms the next government, an association comprising young entrepreneurs said...
President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid has welcomed the $2 billion announced by the finance minister to fund start-ups and small businesses but noted that more was needed to assist the sector. In her opening...
At least two economists are of the view that Fayval Williams, the minister of finance and the public service, should provide a forecast of how the Government intends to steer the country towards economic growth in the wake of two consecutive...
The silence of the nine commissioners of the Electoral Office of Jamaica (ECJ), in their role as political ombudsman since they accepted the responsibility to police the political code of conduct, has not escaped the attention of the woman who...
Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has been given a deadline of this week to submit to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament a “realistic” timespan for submitting an 11-year backlog of...
