Newly-installed Speaker of the House, Juliet Holness, says she's not concerned with those who've criticized her election to the high ranking parliamentary position. Several Jamaicans have criticized Mrs. Holness, saying she should not be House Speaker as she is...
Opposition Spokesman on National Security, Senator Peter Bunting, has condemned Tuesday's quadruple murder in Crawle District, Riversdale in St. Catherine as tragic and senseless. Senator Bunting says the loss of four lives within the same household serves as a grim...
President of the Medical Association of Jamaica, MAJ, Dr. Leslie Meade, says vector control measures need to be intensified as the country battles an outbreak of dengue fever. The Ministry of Health and Wellness declared an outbreak of dengue in Jamaica on Saturday....
There was a 6.7% decline in the number of complaints received at public health facilities in the first quarter of the current financial year. That's according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness's Complaints Management System, CMS. Portfolio Minister, Dr....
President of the Medical Association of Jamaica, MAJ, Dr. Leslie Meade, says over the past few weeks there has been a gradual increase in the number of persons seeking treatment for dengue related symptoms at private health facilities across the island. On Saturday,...
The National Integrity Action, NIA, has joined calls for executive director of the Integrity Commission, Greg Christie, to resign. Mr. Christie has been facing public backlash for his "ask the government" remark while speaking with the media on Thursday following a...
The Advocates Network is welcoming the resignation of Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert as House Speaker. Spokesperson for the Advocates Network, Robert Stephens, says the Integrity Commission needs more support to recover the lost confidence of the public. Mrs....
A 48-hour curfew which was imposed in sections of the Kingston Western Police Division, has been extended for another 48 hours. The areas affected are Rousseau Road, Maxfield Avenue, Lincoln Crescent, West Road and Spanish Town Road. The extension of the curfew began...
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of crime, Fitz Bailey, is urging companies to hire trained security guards to operate as Close Protection Officers, CPOs, for their staff. He says the police are burdened by the flood of requests from public entities for the...
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Crime and Security, Fitz Bailey, says he's directed a senior investigator from the Criminal Investigation Branch, CIB, to lead the probe into Thursday's shooting of a Director of the Integrity Commission in New Kingston. The...