In what appeared to be a show of unity among members of parliament across the political divide in Gordon House, lawmakers coalesced yesterday to elevate Juliet Holness to the Speaker’s chair. A second-term member of parliament (MP) for St Andrew...
PRESSURE IS mounting on Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert to step aside as the presiding officer in the Lower House until the eight charges she is facing are dealt with by a court of law. The charges relate to...
Retired Justice Seymour Panton, the chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC), has made it clear that there was no committee of Parliament that can interfere with the ruling by Director of Corruption Prosecution (DCP) Keisha Prince-Kameka against...
With an unprecedented ruling by the Integrity Commission (IC) that Speaker of the House of Representatives Marisa Dalrymple Philibert should face eight counts of corruption-related charges, calls are being made for her to resign. According to the...
THE ATTORNEY General’s Chambers has submitted to Parliament its opinion on two matters for which the Speaker of the House, Marisa Dalrymple Philibert, had sought the Government’s chief legal adviser’s interpretation in relation to the tabling of...
FORMER DEPUTY chairman of the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) Dennis Meadows has rubbished a call by the Speaker of the House, president of the Senate, and clerk to the Houses of Parliament for him to “immediately” withdraw a comment suggesting...
Former Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) Deputy Chairman Dennis Meadows said his reputation took a serious blow while an Integrity Commission (IC) report clearing him from accusations of wrongdoing remained untabled for over a year and half. “I...
POLITICAL COMMENTATOR Lloyd B. Smith has suggested that the latest move by the Andrew Holness-led administration to gag its lawmakers from commenting on matters relating to the Integrity Commission (IC) is indicative of a “chipping away” of the...
JAMAICAN LAWMAKERS were yesterday awaiting a legal opinion from Attorney General Dr Derrick McKoy regarding a provision in the Financial Administration and Audit (FAA) Act, which the Speaker used last week to delay the tabling of three reports from...
The Integrity Commission (IC) has scolded Fay Hutchinson for breaching the conflict-of-interest policies outlined in the board charter and corporate governance guidelines of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ). IC Director of Investigations...
Attorneys representing Leslie Campbell have said that the former government senator is perplexed by an Integrity Commission (IC) decision that he should face charges for alleged breaches of the IC Act and the Parliament (Integrity of Members) Act....
Opposition Leader Mark Golding on Tuesday again urged government lawmakers not to bar aggrieved police officers from seeking redress from the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) after the agency took steps to prosecute them without...
FORMER MINISTER of National Security Peter Bunting says his confidence in the Integrity Commission has been restored after the anti-corruption body exonerated him in an addendum to a special report, which first accused him of acting improperly in...
THE PASSAGE of legislation to validate and indemnify the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) from being dragged before the courts for prosecutorial actions carried out in good faith against a number of police officers was delayed...
A PARLIAMENTARY committee was engaged in an intense debate yesterday on whether lawmakers should approve a large or smaller, efficient board to govern the proposed Jamaica Teaching Council. However, after extensive deliberations by a joint select...
DR DANA Morris Dixon, the recently appointed Government senator, has joined the ranks of the Andrew Holness-led Cabinet with portfolio responsibility for skills and digital transformation, while Pearnel Charles Jr has succeeded Karl Samuda as...
THE POLITICAL directorate has raked in huge salary increases, with compensation to members of parliament (MPs) and Cabinet ministers surging past 200 per cent. Members of the legislature sat and listened intently yesterday as Finance and the Public...
OPPOSITION SENATOR Lambert Brown has chided the government for being lax in its administrative duties, which led to members of the Consumer Protection Tribunal serving for at least a year after the expiration of their tenure in contravention of the...
A DECISION by a joint select committee of Parliament reviewing the Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) bill to remove a requirement for a teacher to surrender “every copy” of his or her licence within seven days of revocation has been met with strong...
HIGHLIGHTING “ALARMING” statistics of the deleterious effects of lifestyle diseases on Jamaicans, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says his ministry will roll out an initiative this year aimed at getting people to screen at least...
JUSTICE MINISTER Delroy Chuck is advising the Administrator General’s Department (AGD) to take steps to sell properties worth tens of billions of dollars tied up with the agency for years, owing to lingering disputes among beneficiaries. In his...
Financial analyst Dennis Chung has said that while interventions such as the $200-million welfare programme announced by Social Security Minister Karl Samuda on Wednesday are necessary to assist the poor, the bigger issue is that such schemes are...
With the non-fuel charge on the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers’ bills climbing by 25 per cent between 2016 and 2021, Opposition Spokesman on Energy Phillip Paulwell on Tuesday lamented that Jamaicans are being forced to dig deeper into...
THE MAIN perpetrators of murder and their victims fall in the age group 25 to 44, according to a recent analysis by the police. Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang revealed that last year 63 per cent of the agents of death fell into the...
Labour and Social Security Minister Karl Samuda says 85 per cent of the 25,000 security guards in Jamaica have signed new contracts with their employers in spite of concerns raised about the fresh agreements. At the same time, Opposition...
