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Housing boom planned - More than 8,000 starts promised for the next fiscal year

Published:Friday | February 16, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

The Government is projecting a massive increase in housing opportunities for Jamaicans in the next fiscal year, with its three major agencies projecting increased spending and more than 8,400 housing starts by March 31, 2019.The main state agency,...

‘I know how to get things done’ - Clarke vows to improve the lives of constituents

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Dr Nigel Clarke has several messages he plans to share with residents of St Andrew North West in the lead-up to the March 5 by-election, but none more so than his ability to get things done. “I am taking a diverse platform of experience in...

Morin on a mission - Digicel CEO determined to improve customer satisfaction

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Hit by a barrage of customer complaints and expressions of concern from the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and the watchdog Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) when he took over as the new chief executive officer of Digicel Jamaica last...

PNP cries foul over mystery audit at Padmore Primary - Hayle could be required to be at school when she should be nominated tomorrow

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Members of the People's National Party's (PNP) hierarchy are crying foul after news broke yesterday of a planned audit of Padmore Primary tomorrow, when its principal Keisha Hayle is scheduled to be nominated to contest the St Andrew North West by-...

PNP looking to rebrand - Seven women among mix of new faces and seasoned campaigners selected to fill 10 constituency vacancies

Published:Thursday | February 8, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

With the Andrew Holness administration approaching the end of the second year of its scheduled five-year term, the opposition People's National Party (PNP) is moving to ensure that it has candidates in place to contest all 63 constituencies.The...

PNP picks 'The Principal' - Padmore Primary’s Keisha Hayle to face JLP’s Nigel Clarke in St Andrew NW by-election

Published:Saturday | February 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Despite its failed experiment with political newcomer Dr Shane Alexis in the recent by-election in St Mary South East, the People's National Party (PNP) has turned to another political neophyte to contest the looming race in St Andrew North Western....

No joking with justice - PM moves to allay fears that he wants to trample on judicial independence

Published:Saturday | February 3, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has scoffed at claims that his decision to appoint Bryan Sykes to act as the country's chief justice is an attempt to overstep the bounds into the affairs of the judiciary."The notion that the acting appointment is for...

Rude Trump! - Region reacts to US president's reported 's...hole country' comment on Haiti

Published:Saturday | January 13, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has ditched diplomacy and reacted with anger over recent comments allegedly made by United States President Donald Trump in which Haiti, El Salvador and African countries were described as 's...holes'.According to...

Development not destruction - Heritage Trust denies that it is blocking rebirth of Port Royal

Published:Friday | January 12, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has dismissed claims that it has been the stumbling block in a proposed US$500-million development of the historic Port Royal into an international tourism hot spot.Obviously stung by the allegations,...

Weed push! - Health ministry hopeful as WHO considers medicinal properties of ganja

Published:Friday | January 12, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Jamaica's Ministry of Health and officials of other countries have convinced the General Assembly and the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to conduct a review to recognise the medicinal properties of ganja.The 40th Expert...

Port Royal development not abandoned - Vaz

Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Government minister in charge of investments, Daryl Vaz, is adamant that the Andrew Holness administration is committed to the redevelopment of Port Royal.Vaz told The Sunday Gleaner that claims that the planned redevelopment is being stalled by...

Wasting the wealth of the ‘wickedest city’ - Investors blame State agencies for stalled redevelopment of Port Royal

Published:Friday | January 5, 2018 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Police ‘sick’ again!

Published:Saturday | December 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Several police divisions across the island were reporting an unusually high number of rank-and-file members calling in sick yesterday, prompting fears that the cops have stepped up their protest over the Government's failure to make them an improved...

Police makeover closer - Draft legislation proposes significant changes to JCF

Published:Saturday | December 23, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

No more oaths to the Queen, a focus on community policing, and a new authority to monitor their performances are some of the changes proposed in the latest draft of legislation to rebrand the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).The draft document, seen...

Confronting a crisis - Police call top level meeting to plan strategy to end St James bloodletting

Published:Saturday | December 9, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Struggling to devise measures to stem the bloodletting in St James, where more than 310 persons have been killed since January, the leadership of the police force has scrapped its regular weekly review meeting tomorrow and instead summoned a high-...

Almost $1b allocated for early retirement payments to public sector workers in revised budget

Published:Tuesday | December 5, 2017 | 6:07 PMArthur Hall

The Government has underscored its commitment to begin the early retirement of some civil servants this fiscal year with the allocation of $983 million to cover this cost in the First Supplementary Estimate of Expenditure for the fiscal year.Prime...

Security minister seeks buy-in - Opposition and other groups invited for consultations on new anti-crime proposals

Published:Thursday | November 2, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

The government should soon roll out several new measures to address the crime monster which has claimed more than 1,300 lives across the island since the start of this year.Minister of National Security Robert Montague last Thursday started a series...

This is it! - SE St Mary holds most interest in trio of by-elections today

Published:Sunday | October 29, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

It has been a cash-fuelled by-election season.The Government has admitted spending some $250 million on infrastructure works in the constituency, but the Opposition says the expenditure has been closer to $500 million.But that is just the start of...

Crime fight needs ‘coalition of the just’ - Scotland

Published:Thursday | October 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland has called for a 'coalition of the just' to tackle the scourge of organised crime.Going into a recent meeting of Commonwealth law ministers in The Bahamas, where it was noted that member...

Friday could be big for Lasco, Medimpex - Supreme Court set to hand down ruling in compensation battle with Pfizer

Published:Thursday | October 26, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

One of the most anticipated legal rulings in Jamaica in recent time is expected to be handed down in the Supreme Court on Friday when Justice Viviene Harris rules how much the international pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, should pay to Jamaican...

Advantage JLP! - Trinidad pollster projects Dunn victory but says Alexis not out of it; Fake poll, says PNP

Published:Saturday | October 21, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

With one week to go before voters in South East St Mary go to the polls in a by-election, Trinidadian pollster Derek Ramsamooj is projecting a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party's Dr Norman Dunn, but he has warned the JLP that its win is not...

Heartbroken! - Commonwealth secretary general still mourning the devastation of her homeland by Hurricane Maria

Published:Friday | October 20, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

One month after Hurricane Maria ravaged Dominica, Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland remains heartbroken over the devastation to the small island which is the land of her birth."It was absolutely heart-breaking," Scotland told...

Help coming for Jamaica’s ailing justice system - Commonwealth meeting looks for solutions for old and new problems

Published:Wednesday | October 18, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Jamaica’s ailing justice system could be given a lifeline when the Commonwealth Secretariat unveils a package of legislative reform tools following a meeting of the groups’ law ministers in Nassau, Bahamas, which ends today...

Editors' Forum | ‘Not fully free’ - Literacy specialists bemoan challenges to freedom of expression in Jamaica

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Jamaica continues to rank among the countries that most respect freedom of information in the world, gaining two places to eight in the recently released Press Freedom Index 2017 by Reporters Without Borders.But organisers of a Media and Information...

‘More speed needed’ – Phillips chides Government for slow pace of economic reform

Published:Monday | October 16, 2017 | 12:00 AMArthur Hall

Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips has criticised the Andrew Holness administration for what he says is its failure, since being elected Government, to continue the necessary reform of the economy at the pace that is needed."I think what is clear...

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