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Published:Monday | August 18, 2025 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson says if the People’s National Party (PNP) forms the government it will undertake a review of the compensation package implemented for public-sector workers. Robinson was speaking at a PNP parish...

Published:Monday | August 18, 2025 | 12:09 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Chairman of the People’s National Party (PNP) Dr Angela Brown Burke is warning that the Opposition is prepared to take the Government to court if it fails to walk back its announcement of a by-election in Seivwright Gardens and follow the law....

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 12:29 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

The opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP) plan to remove tax from overtime payment for workers in the public sector earning under $6 million annually will “not likely pose any significant fiscal risk”, economist Keenan Falconer has said. “I...

Published:Friday | August 15, 2025 | 12:28 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Opposition Spokesperson on Security Peter Bunting is dismissing claims he said are coming from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) camp that a future People’s National Party (PNP) Government would end the contract of the current police commissioner. “...

Published:Thursday | August 14, 2025 | 12:12 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Attorneys for Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby have written to Director of Elections Glasspole Brown, telling him to halt making any arrangements for a by-election in the Seivwright Gardens Division until he consults with their client. In a letter...

Published:Tuesday | August 12, 2025 | 12:15 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Sunday acknowledged the challenges being faced by children with special needs and their families, promising to expand the existing facilities that cater to them if given a third term. His announcement comes...

Published:Tuesday | August 12, 2025 | 12:13 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Political analyst Damion Gordon says political manifestos have not been verified as having any impact or sway on how Jamaicans vote, despite the significant emphasis placed on the documents. However, the University of the West Indies lecturer said...

Published:Monday | August 11, 2025 | 1:09 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Uncommitted voters are expected to determine the outcome of parliamentary elections weeks from now, as corruption, the homicide rate, and the status of the Jamaican economy dominate national issues, two political analysts believe. The governing...

Published:Monday | August 11, 2025 | 1:50 PMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Sunday set the stage for a fierce political battle, sending Jamaicans to the polls on September 3 in an announcement that sent thousands of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters into a frenzy in Half-Way Tree, St...

Published:Tuesday | August 5, 2025 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is under no notion that it is entitled to a third term in office, but is working to ensure that the party continues in Government. Holness, who was speaking to JLP...

Published:Friday | August 1, 2025 | 9:37 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ court battle with the Integrity Commission (IC) is not expected to have significant impact on the Jamaica Labour Party’s push for a third term, campaign committee chair Dr Christopher Tufton has said. Tufton, who...

Published:Friday | August 1, 2025 | 9:36 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has criticised the leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), calling them “confused”, “desperate” and “without credibility” after recent comments about the politicisation of the rural school buses, government-...

Published:Wednesday | July 30, 2025 | 1:26 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has admitted that closing 10 of its offices between 2020 and 2021 created a “trust deficit” with customers. This admission follows an impact assessment study commissioned by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR...

Published:Tuesday | July 29, 2025 | 12:12 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Declaring that Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness could have been serving elsewhere in the world, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie is urging supporters to remember the “goodness” of the prime minister in managing the country...

Published:Saturday | July 26, 2025 | 12:12 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is pledging additional changes to the Integrity Commission Act that would make public the financials of Cabinet ministers, a move he said is a sign of good governance. Addressing a throng of People’s National Party (...

Published:Monday | July 21, 2025 | 12:09 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Declaring that the pending general election is one of the most crucial in Jamaica’s history, Cabinet Minister Desmond McKenzie has reiterated his stance that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will never surrender the government to the Opposition...

Published:Thursday | July 17, 2025 | 12:11 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is countering a statement made by Opposition Leader Mark Golding, asserting that prosperity is a journey, not a pleasure, while arguing that Jamaica is experiencing it. Golding, while speaking to People’s National...

Published:Thursday | July 10, 2025 | 12:14 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

More Jamaicans were denied temporary resident visas for Canada than any other CARICOM country’s people, including Haiti, on the grounds of “misrepresentation”. Between January 2024 and May 31, 2025, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (...

Published:Tuesday | July 8, 2025 | 12:11 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie says the St Elizabeth North Eastern constituency must never return to the fold of the People’s National Party (PNP), urging voters to give Delroy Slowley a second term in office. McKenzie,...

Published:Saturday | July 5, 2025 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is urging People’s National Party (PNP) supporters not to succumb to pressure he said will come from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) for their votes in the coming general election. Golding, who was speaking at the...

Published:Friday | July 4, 2025 | 12:12 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Asians make up the largest number of people requesting an extension of stay in Jamaica, accounting for 46 per cent of the 10,146 aliens registered in 2024, according to Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) records. In its latest Economic and Social...

Published:Thursday | July 3, 2025 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Attorney-at-law CHUKWUEMEKA Cameron has criticised a stance of the Supreme Court that members of parliament and public officials implicitly consent to the verification of their assets when they submit their statutory declarations, calling it a “...

Published:Friday | June 20, 2025 | 12:13 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Opposition Senator Damion Crawford has dismissed the Government’s announcement to invest $1 billion in a school breakfast programme, calling it inadequate and politically motivated. He pointed out that the plan, aimed at feeding 69,000 students,...

Published:Wednesday | June 18, 2025 | 12:11 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

Nearly one in three Jamaicans say they cannot identify a single area they believe the Dr Andrew Holness administration has excelled in since 2020, months before the next parliamentary election is due. At the same time, roughly one in four Jamaicans...

Published:Tuesday | June 17, 2025 | 12:05 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter

People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell says the political atmosphere across Jamaica is increasingly reminiscent of the 2011 election campaign that saw the PNP return to power in a landslide 41-22 victory over the Jamaica...

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