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...
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), representing workers at Jamaica’s main port, have reached a new wage agreement, even as complaints of dissatisfaction mount about the deal. On Friday, the Port Authority...
A disagreement between employees and the management at Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has slowed operations at some sections of the island’s main port with several demands on the table before the full resumption of duties. The contention...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is expected to meet with Lester Mike Henry, the outgoing member of parliament for Clarendon Central, amid escalating tension over who should replace him as the party’s...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) delegates in Manchester Southern have voted to retain Robert Chin as the party’s candidate in the upcoming polls, but concerns remain regarding his ability to hold on to the seat. Sixty-two per cent of the JLP delegates...
Former Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President Howard Mitchell has criticised the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee, asserting that the parliamentary group has been poor at holding the anti-corruption body accountable....
Former People’s National Party (PNP) caretaker for Kingston Central Lawrence Rowe has suggested that he was forced out of the position amid a breakdown in negotiations involving millions of dollars and a promised Senate position with the party’s...
