The Dr Andrew Holness-led administration is urging local businesses to look to new markets amid the Trump administration’s imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on Jamaican exports to the United States even as it seeks “urgent clarification”. The...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has defended Jamaica’s use of Cuban medics to support the local health sector, declaring that there is no exploitation in the programme that has surfaced as a blot on the Trump administration’s radar. Holness, who,...
Security issues are expected to hold prominence in discussions between Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness when the United States secretary of state kick-starts his two-day tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica today. The Trump...
The Trump administration has signalled to regional leaders that it has little interest in discussing the Cuban medical mission programme when Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in the Caribbean today. The stance came hours before Rubio’s...
Former Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Curtis Ward says the key reason for Marco Rubio’s visit to Jamaica this week has not been revealed, asserting that the trip is to make demands on CARICOM states. The United States (US) Department of...
In a bid to finally put to rest the ongoing debate about his citizenship status, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has disclosed documents from the United Kingdom Home Office confirming his renunciation as a citizen of that country. Documents,...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness announced a raft of changes in National Housing Trust (NHT) policies Tuesday, doling out benefits as he made his case for a third term ahead of parliamentary polls later this year. The changes, which take effect...
The Parliamentary Opposition has filed an affidavit of urgency asking the Supreme Court to temporarily block the enactment of the law passed to establish Portmore as a parish, arguing that it violates the Constitution of Jamaica. People’s National...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding is proposing to establish a National Disability Fund should his party form the next Government. He is equally promising to increase spending to address the challenges of special needs children in Jamaica. Golding, who...
Member of Parliament (MP) Rhoda Moy Crawford, who wept on the political platform on Sunday, says her tears were the culmination of a “tough” journey which included a recent emergency surgery. The Manchester Central MP, who is desperately seeking to...
Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Julian Robinson says a $1-billion fund will be established for Jamaica’s creative industry to drive growth and export talent. Robinson, who was delivering his 2025-2026 Budget Debate presentation in Parliament on...
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says the Opposition’s proposal to spread government deposits across the banking sector to force competition “sounds feasible and like a good idea” but that an explanation is needed for where the...
An 80 per cent reduction in the bond on import duties paid by new-car dealers will not automatically result in lower prices for vehicles, Automobile Dealers Association (ADA) Chair Jacqueline Stewart Lechler has confirmed. She said businesses may...
Jamaicans earning above $1.7 million are to get approximately $75,000 over three years following Finance Minister Fayval Williams’ announcement of an increase in the income tax threshold to $2 million. Williams, the country’s first woman minister...
Crime continues to be the single most crippling concern facing Jamaicans, with the high cost of living a distant second, the latest RJRGLEANER-commissioned Don Anderson opinion poll has found. The findings are almost identical to those determined...
Jamaica’s chief prosecutor says the outstanding Financial Investigations Division (FID) documents that will determine if other charges are laid in the multibillion-dollar Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) fraud matter have nothing to do with the...
Minister of Finance Fayval Williams says she will take guidance on whether the forensic audit report on scandal-scarred Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) can be shared with the public after investigative and legal work is done. Williams told The...
Former US Ambassador Luis G. Moreno is defending the role played by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Jamaica, insisting that funding from the agency was used to do “much more” than strengthening advocacy for the...
Two of Jamaica’s key anti-corruption agencies have stated that no investigation is under way into allegations of misused taxpayer funds at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) despite one agency reviewing a report on the claim....
People’s National Party (PNP) Councillor for the Hayes division, Scean Barnswell, says the opposition caucus in the Clarendon Municipal Corporation is taking legal advice amid an announcement by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie that Mayor...
An 11th-hour limited waiver from the US Department of State has halted a decision by The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to lay off at least 20 persons employed to Health Connect Jamaica (HCJ), following the shuttering of the United...
Dancehall artiste Clifford ‘Mr Vegas’ Smith has been given 48 hours to apologise to Dr Dayton Campbell and enter into settlement discussions for the payment of damages after making a series of “damaging” posts on social media. Attorney-at-law Shena...
