Dr Nigel Clarke, the minister of finance and the public service, has described the upcoming 2022-23 Budget as a signal of the transition from crisis towards recovery. The medium-term outlook, however, sees lower growth over the next three years......

Crime, inadequate infrastructure, and economic challenges weighed heavily on the minds of some residents of sections of the Corporate Area who turned out to witness a muted ceremonial opening of Parliament yesterday. Held for the second year under.....

Gangsters or gunrunners found in possession, trafficking in, and stockpiling ‘prohibited’ weapons could be sent to prison for life under a proposed law tabled Thursday in Parliament by National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang. A 15-year minimu...

Controversial Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament George Wright is demanding an apology from Opposition Leader Mark Golding, who he has accused of verbally assaulting him during Thursday’s ceremonial opening of Parliament. Wright, who last....

• Economic Growth and Job Creation The long-awaited gazetting of the Cockpit Country Protected Area boundaries will be brought to Parliament. Additionally, the Government will promulgate new legislation to enable the creation and regulation of...

With more than 160 homicides recorded since the start of the year, some of the nation’s youth are welcoming the planned boost to national-security initiatives in the coming parliamentary year, hoping they will have a lasting impact on the crime-.....

Rastafarian Nzinga King will be seeking financial compensation for assault and battery after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn ruled on Wednesday that a police corporal accused of forcibly cutting her hair should not be charged.....

Carlton Francis and Petrolin Blair’s heart-warming love story has moved donors to give the vulnerable couple a place to call home as an early Valentine’s Day gift. The 62-year-olds, who have been together for 18 years, work in downtown Kingstonâ...

With a build-up of debris, including fallen bamboo stalks and garbage, preventing the free flow of water in the Cave River during periods of heavy rainfall, Hugh Johnson is seeking the assistance of donor agencies to conduct a river-cleaning...

WESTERN BUREAU: EVERALD Warmington, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, has given himself and the Jamaica Labour Party-led Government a passing grade in building out the country’s road infrastructure.......

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on healthcare workers employed at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), acting chief executive officer, Dr Natalie Whylie, disclosed on Wednesday. And that, perhaps, is a major reason why KPH is the sole......

The police have tagged the now-deceased alleged gangster Michael ‘Peat’ Shreaves to at least three recent murders in the parish of St James. The 27-year-old, also known as Pablo, of Wrong Turn in Salt Spring, St James, was reportedly shot during...

President and CEO of Sagicor Group Jamaica (SGJ), Christopher Zacca, says the financial services conglomerate, which is heavily invested in insurance and banking, sees no loss of goodwill in Alliance Financial Services Limited (AFSL), which it is......

Minister Without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Robert Morgan, is defending what he claims is the Government’s unmatched record in the fight against corruption. “The evidence shows that this administration from 2016 has done more...

WESTERN BUREAU: THE MORGAN’S Bridge police in Westmoreland are probing the murder of a 26-year-old man, who was slain outside the gates of a basic school in Grange Hill, Westmoreland, yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Jervain....

The policies and programmes of the Holness administration for the 2022-2023 legislative year will be unveiled by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen when he delivers the Throne Speech in Gordon House today. A scaled-down version of the ceremonial...

Motorists and businesses have been hit by spiralling fuel prices, and industry interests are clamouring for intervention amid an overall 10.8 per cent jump at the pump over the last nine weeks. Operators of diesel vehicles have borne the greatest......

Denying that there is tension in the hotel sector over the Government’s COVID-19 containment measures, Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett says some players are merely anxious for normality having witnessed other countries lift restrictions, easing the.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Lawyers representing Hard Rock Café have applied to the Supreme Court to have a default judgment in favour of claimants Caribbean Producers Jamaica Limited (CPJ) struck out after the food and beverage manufacturer and distributor......

Hope Pastures residents are seeking a mandatory injunction from the Supreme Court ordering the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to restore and maintain the supply of underground electricity to the community and to remove its overhead supply....