Former managing director of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Dr Patrick Thelwell, says he was made a scapegoat when the board of the public body terminated his contract last Friday in the wake of an audit that uncovered a policy breach that...

A two-year audit of the Ministry of Health...

With the global AIDS response under threat, executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, has called for improvement as Jamaica lags average Caribbean performance on two targets. The UNAIDS 90-90-90....

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has flagged security vulnerabilities in an information technology (IT) software system used by government agencies that handle building and development applications. In an information and technology audit of the....

The Government on Tuesday formally increased the national Budget by $60 billion, or 6.6 per cent, in part to counter the shocks of inflation and fuel hikes largely caused by commodity disruptions in Eastern Europe. These effects of the Russian...

Group Deputy Chairman Dr Lawrence Nicholson challenged members of the RJRGLEANER Communications Group on Tuesday to continue to offer high-quality service to its clients and the wider public. Delivering the keynote address at the company’s Long-....

United Nations resident coordinator Dr Garry Conille has raised alarm that global fiscal challenges were putting HIV/AIDS intervention at risk. The coronavirus pandemic has been cited as one of a slew of factors suppressing donations. “Fortunatel...

The Government has indicated that it will “repurpose” the historic Vale Royal residence as a national monument. The disclosure was made by Prime Minister (PM) Andrew Holness during Tuesday’s sitting of Parliament when he answered questions t...

Over the last 25 years, Elizabeth ‘Jennifer’ Williams was shot once and robbed multiple times as she tried to eke out a living on the gritty Corporate Area streets and send her five daughters through school. Last week when two of her daughters.....

The board of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) may engage other state authorities in a deepened probe after findings of an internal audit at the agency that have led to the sacking of Managing Director Dr Patrick Thelwell. Minister with...

Andre Williams/Staff Reporter Against the backdrop of mounting complaints in the sector, the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association (JUCDA) has pledged to launch a public-education campaign so that consumers can identify red flags when purchasing.....

Economic and other variables beyond the control of the owners of Terra Nova have been blamed for dooming the construction of 61 luxury residences, prodding the hoteliers to stick to their core business, CEO Andrew Hussey has said. The Hussey family....

Passengers between Kingston, Jamaica, and the city of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America now have an easier way to travel with yesterday’s inaugural flight by Frontier Airlines on the route with a vow to keep costs affordable. The.....

At least one civil society group is expressing concern that parliamentarians have been operating without a code of conduct despite pledges to craft and implement one from as far back as 2009. The concern is highlighted even as an impeachment bill.....

Lawyers representing Antigua’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Anthony Armstrong, who is facing fraud charges in relation to three land transactions, are threatening to take the issue before the Constitutional Court in a bid to have the...

WESTERN BUREAU: There are further appeals for Jamaicans in the western end of the island to support the ongoing 14-day amnesty under which holders of illegal firearms can hand over the weapons without penalty. The amnesty began on November 5 and...

The mother of a newborn who reportedly lived just a few minutes after birth at the Mandeville Regional Hospital is insistent that her baby would be alive today if medical experts had acted sooner. The woman, who requested that her name not be...

Singh’s Motors Limited is under investigation after a teacher assistant demanded the refund of an $800,000 deposit on a 2013 Toyota Isis sedan she was reportedly promised to receive in two weeks but has been left empty-handed months after the...

Police Commissioner Antony Anderson has bemoaned the lack of youth participation in community organisations geared at preserving the safety of Jamaica’s neighbourhoods, with fewer than half of the designated groups active. Anderson argued that......

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Chairman Robert Montague has rallied partisan faithful to defend Prime Minister Andrew Holness from critics, warning them in a spirited speech that attacks on the leadership were geared at weakening his administration....