Finance Minister Fayval Williams will next Tuesday table the third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure and update the nation on the various sources of financing to help Jamaica recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The third...
The Cabinet has approved a US$150 million loan to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to facilitate the restoration of power to all customers of the light and power company by the latest February 2026. However, with the JPS indicating that...
Some Corporate Area public and private schools have volunteered to host students displaced from western institutions severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon said the ministry has introduced the Host School...
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Carol Palmer, has revealed that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has asked the Government to extend its current licence, which expires in July 2027. The request, she said, is intended to help the light...
At least 75 per cent of Digicel customers in four of the parishes with significant impacts from Hurricane Melissa will have service restored to them within the next two weeks, according to the local telecoms giant. Senior officials from the company...
Tensions flared in Parliament on Tuesday after Speaker of the House Juliet Holness muted the microphone of Opposition Leader Mark Golding during a heated exchange over questions posed to a government minister. The incident led to a dramatic walkout...
Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton addressed Parliament on Tuesday with a statement outlining the Government’s actions to curb a potential rise in dengue fever. However, Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes quickly shifted...
A key technical support whereby auditors general have sat on the Integrity Commission for more than five decades might soon be brought to a halt as, yesterday, government lawmakers made the decision to remove the current auditor general, Pamela...
The Houses of Parliament and the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) are currently under intense scrutiny as the Auditor General’s Department conducts two special audits of the legislative branch of government and the public body which is an agency...
A Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining internal audit report has highlighted allegations that fertiliser donated by the Kingdom of Morocco for Jamaican farmers was being sold at a private farm store in St Catherine in August 2023. An...
Despite establishing standard procedures to distribute agricultural inputs, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) has been unable to verify that tens of millions of dollars’ worth of fertiliser, allocated to members of parliament (MPs...
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte yesterday suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Golding has backtracked on his original pronouncement of moving forward with the constitutional reform process with the things both...
Eyebrows were raised among staff at Jamaica’s Parliament after an internal memo warned that employees showing up to work “with visible marks on their skin, colloquially referred to as ‘hickeys’, would face immediate disciplinary action. The notice...
Declaring that “this is the year of decision”, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness made an impassioned appeal to the Jamaican electorate yesterday to join his administration “in writing the next chapter” as a general election looms in the months ahead...
A proposal to pass comprehensive legislation to eliminate abusive contractual arrangements which deny workers their basic employment rights has resonated with President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) St Patrice Ennis. In his...
Michael Leckie, former president of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ), says the proposal by the parliamentary Opposition to exempt new micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from corporate income tax for an initial period...
The Government is moving to roll out what it describes as “the most ambitious programme” to allow affordable access to prepaid electricity, particularly for those stealing light and power from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) grid. Targeting 20,...
Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams is suggesting that the Government reintroduce what he describes as a “fiscal rule” on wages and salaries in order to “hold wages and salaries expenditure in check”. At the same time, the Independent Fiscal...
The 2024 calendar year served up two dramatic firsts in the country’s Parliament, while on the legislative front, a bill to replace King Charles with a ceremonial Jamaican president as head of state was tabled in December. Onlookers were left...
Government senator and trade unionist Kavan Gayle has called for a national workplace wellness policy to promote and enable healthier lifestyles that would have the effect of shoring up productivity at the workplace. At the same time, the...
“My heart is full,” said outgoing Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke after soaking up a plethora of tributes on Tuesday from lawmakers, who praised him for his sterling contribution to the legislature and the country....
In his final presentation in Gordon House on Tuesday, outgoing Finance and the Public Service Minister Dr Nigel Clarke warned that there was no room for policy error as the country continues on a path of economic success. “As much success that we...
With the agricultural sector suffering an estimated $14-billion loss annually, due to praedial larceny, the Government is taking steps to recruit 300 wardens to tackle the scourge. The first recruitment drive for 100 wardens took place on Tuesday...
In the last six years, since the establishment of Jamaica’s single anti-corruption body, the audited financial statements of the Integrity Commission (IC) have been submitted and tabled in Parliament as part of its annual report. In at least four...
Warning that certain comments from parliamentarians could present a security risk for members of the Integrity Commission (IC), chairman of the anti-corruption body, Justice (Ret’d) Seymour Panton, said there was no evidence that the state entity...
