Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced several changes and additions to his Administration. The announcement was given during in a media briefing on Monday evening. Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining: Floyd Green National Security: Dr. Horace Chang State Minister:...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica's longstanding low wage environment has exacerbated the problems that contribute to the country's chronically low levels of productivity. The Prime Minister was speaking last Friday at a handing over ceremony under the New...
The death toll from a massive fire at the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana stands at 19 and not 20 as previously reported. The Guyana Fire Service says one of the girls who was originally listed among the dead, was later resuscitated by medical...
Accountability measures are coming! That's the word from Prime Minister Andrew Holness, in response to the call from multiple segments of society for members of the political directorate to be held to account in light of the massive new salaries they are set to enjoy....
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is welcoming the pledge by Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, to give 80-percent of his new salary to persons in need. Mark Golding, Opposition Leader. The Prime Minister says the Opposition Leader has now joined him in the 'giving club'....
Three suspected lottery scammers have been charged following a series of operations in Hanover and Westmoreland between May 10 and 18. Those charged are 37-year-old Shannon Taylor-Christie, 31-year-old Deck Evans and 29-year-old Shane Blagrove. Evans and Blagrove were...
Over 2,000 of the nation's children and teenagers reached out to the 24/7 child help line, SafeSpot, last year to talk about issues affecting them. The figures were disclosed by Children's Advocate, Diahann Gordon Harrison, at a forum on Wednesday highlighting...
Retired educator and former UNESCO Caribbean Director, Dr. Simon Clarke, has died. He died on Monday, May 15 after ailing for some time. Dr. Clarke was a career educator who started his journey as a high school teacher. He was the first principal of Green Island...
Former Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Ronald Thwaites, says while he welcomes the improved salary scale for parliamentarians, he believes it's disproportionate to the plight of ordinary Jamaicans. Mr. Thwaites was speaking on Nationwide@5 last evening with...
The Office of Utilities Regulation, OUR, says it has assigned a Central Office Code under Jamaica’s new area code, 658. A Central Office Code is the first three digits which are dialled after the area code when placing a phone call. The OUR says the recent assignment...