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Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:29:36 -0500
Warmington under ombudsman probe for racial remarks
Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown says her office has launched an investigation into St Catherine South West Member of Parliament Everald Warmington’s controversial comments Sunday in which he suggested that Opposition Leader Mark Goldingâ...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:29:33 -0500
Standards crisis driving patient-care aides underground
The absence of a designated body to regulate the allied health worker sector has driven hundreds of Jamaican practical nurses and patient-care personnel underground in North America, an issue stakeholders have argued could have grave consequences......

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:29:19 -0500
‘He was the love of my life’
After three years of online courtship, Shamarah Pinnock thought she was destined to arrive in Jamaica on November 2 to spend time with her soulmate, Dameion Jarrett. As fate would have it, that plan did not materialise as Jarrett was murdered on...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:29:09 -0500
White River raftsmen vow to defend livelihoods after NEPA notice
Several raftsmen who operate on the White River along the border of St Ann and St Mary have signalled their intention to resist what they perceive as efforts by state agencies to prevent them from continuing to make a living from rafting....

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:29:04 -0500
KSAMC urges JUTC to restore Route 81 amid safety fears, disorder
Five years after the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) suspended service on its No. 81 Corporate Area route, the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has passed a resolution seeking its return, noting that many commuters,...

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:05:55 -0500
No misappropriation flagged in audit, says Tufton
Dr Christopher Tufton has engaged in damage control regarding $400 million in COVID-19 expenditure regulation breaches, arguing that the pandemic presented grave difficulties for the health ministry in its management of the disease. Tufton said...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:11:54 -0500
$90M HAJ BREACH
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...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:13:14 -0500
Audit flags $400m COVID spend with no formal contracts
A two-year audit of the Ministry of Health...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:10:20 -0500
‘Jamaica can do better’
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....

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:12:54 -0500
Records at risk
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....

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:12:31 -0500
$60b Budget bounce
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...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:10:59 -0500
RJRGLEANER workers urged to uphold service standards
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-....

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:10:38 -0500
Global financing woes pressuring HIV response
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...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:06:51 -0500
Holness announces Vale Royal overhaul
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...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:08:47 -0500
Street vendor thrilled as two daughters graduate from UWI
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.....

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:10:02 -0500
HAJ board ‘needed to take action urgently’
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...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:09:44 -0500
Complaints rattle used-car dealers
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.....

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:10:25 -0500
Husseys sticking to core business
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....

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:07:00 -0500
Frontier promises ‘low fares done right’ as Atlanta-Kgn service begins
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.....

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:09:15 -0500
Still no code of conduct for legislators, 13 years after pledge
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.....



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