Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Mickel Jackson says a complete restart of the constitutional reform process is unnecessary, but acknowledges that a new approach to citizen engagement is vital to the exercise. Her comments come...
As the Financial Investigations Division (FID) moves to analyse the Integrity Commission’s (IC) report on Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s statutory declarations, The Gleaner understands that his legal team plans to pursue a judicial review of the...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has vowed that a new Government led by him will make lands available to the National Housing Trust (NHT) for qualified contributors, to allow them to build their own homes. During what is...
After protracted and sometimes contentious negotiations between the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service on the compensation restructuring exercise, both parties on Thursday inked an...
Former chairman of the Access to Information (ATI) Appeals Tribunal, Justice (Ret’d) Roy Anderson, is bemoaning the lethargic approach by the State in appointing a new panel following the expiration of the term of the five-member body in February....
The tribunal created under the Access to Information (ATI) Act to handle appeals when Jamaicans are denied information by government agencies or public bodies has been inactive since February. Attorney-at-law Andre Earle, KC, is claiming that the...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the United Nations-backed multinational security support mission to Haiti is not expected to resolve all the problems affecting the CARICOM country that has been plagued by gangs that control about 80 per cent of...
China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC) has come out in defence of its pending Mammee Bay Housing Development Project in St Ann, dismissing as misconceived, claims by an environmental lobby that recently called for the “watershed...
There is growing disquiet among an increasing number of public sector workers over continued delays, which are being blamed on the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, in bringing closure to lingering issues under the compensation review...
When the House of Representatives returns from its summer break later this month, the parliamentary Opposition says it will be pressing the Government to place on the agenda for debate a plethora of private members’ motions as well as a bill tabled...
The Integrity Commission (IC) on Thursday departed from its custom of delivering investigative reports exclusively to the three main parliamentary leaders. In addition to sending an investigation report and a ruling by the director of corruption...
With Marsha Smith’s resignation as a legislator and state minister, a former senior figure in the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is suggesting that Prime Minister Andrew Holness should call by-elections to fill two currently vacant...
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has issued a stop order on the construction of a car dealership at 11 WestLake Avenue, in the Richmond Park area of St Andrew, following recent protests by residents of the community about...
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has reversed a deficit of $1.7 billion last year to a surplus of $350 million year-to-date. This was disclosed by Professor Densil Williams, principal of The UWI, during a forum last week at the...
After an extended delay in producing a report on the 2022 Population and Housing Census, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has signalled that the long-awaited survey on the national population count will be revealed during the 2025-2026...
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has argued that while the right of appeal to the United Kingdom-based Privy Council was set out in Jamaica’s Constitution, the country’s supreme law does not have the power to grant such a right. In a...
Family, friends, and fans of entertainer Vybz Kartel and his co-accused will know Wednesday afternoon whether the man they call ‘World Boss’ will face retrial or be set free by the Court of Appeal. Justice Marva McDonald Bishop, the newly minted...
The Court of Appeal on July 6 upheld a June 2020 ruling of the St James Parish Court in favour of a former business process outsourcing (BPO) worker who took her employer to court insisting that she is entitled to redundancy payment. The worker was...
Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Deputy Governor Jide Lewis says all local banks have ceased the practice of applying fees to dormant savings accounts. The application of fees to dormant or inactive accounts has been a contentious issue for years, with many...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has been given a March 2025 deadline to submit overdue financial statements for the past 10 years to Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis, to review nearly $700 billion in taxpayer spending. For years, the Auditor...
National Integrity Action (NIA) says it is in full support of a recommendation by the Integrity Commission (IC) for lawmakers to remove Section 40 (4) of the Integrity Commission Act (ICA), which is a potential corruption enabler. In its 2023-2024...
A St Andrew family is in distress as they anxiously await word on the fate of Alrick Moncrieffe, a 20-year-old who was washed away by floodwaters on Wednesday in Havana, Arnett Gardens. Moncrieffe, otherwise called ‘Kalonji’ and ‘Lala’, was playing...
After weeks of hammering from politicians linked to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) about his status as a dual citizen, Opposition Leader Mark Golding yesterday announced that he would relinquish his British citizenship. However, political...
President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Lenworth Fulton is urging farmers across the country to start making preparations to cushion the effect of what could be the likely impact of Hurricane Beryl on Jamaica. Forecasters have placed...
Jamaican taxpayers and the Parliament are still unable to assess how the Ministry of Health and Wellness spent almost $700 billion in public resources allocated to the ministry over a 10-year period, owing to the apparent failure by Permanent...
