Head of Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gary McKenzie, says unscrupulous individuals are tracking the banking activity of vulnerable people to rob them. He's urging people who handle large sums of cash to be cautious. The...
Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke says failure to aggressively tackle inflation could lead to economic ruin. He made the comment in relation to the Bank of Jamaica's move to further increase interest rates despite the continued concern raised by members of the private...
Attorney, Maurice Saunders, says the Jamaica Teaching Council legislation should not require private tutors and parents who opt for home schooling to be certified. Mr Saunders, in making representation to the joint select committee considering the bill, called the...
Finance Minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, says sweeping changes are coming in terms of Consumer Finance Protections. Dr Clarke says legislation to assist consumers in navigating the financial space will be coming very shortly. The finance minister made the announcement on a...
The grief stricken mother of Kemisha Wright says a capital sentence by the state would be too quick for the man alleged to have killed her daughter and four grand children. Gwendolyn White McKnight spoke with Nationwide's Cliff Hughes on Thursday as she continues to...
Chinese nationals continue to lead the way in terms of permits granted by the Ministry of Labour. That's according to the latest economic and social survey conducted by the Planning Institute of Jamaica for 2021. The survey also shows that the managers make up the...
A Jamaican has been sentenced to 63 months in a US Federal Prison for scamming nearly US $1 million from an elderly woman. According to the United States Attorney's Office, Jamaican national Rajay Dobson, of Trelawny, was also ordered to pay $900,000 in restitution...
Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. is calling on the international community to do more to curb illegal and unregulated fishing which he says has cost the country nearly US $300 million in losses. The minister was addressing the United Nations forum on...
The Jamaican economy has continued its strong recovery, registering growth of 6.4 per cent for the first quarter of the year. That's according to the latest data provided by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, STATIN. Growth continues to be driven primarily by the...
The Bank of Jamaica has once again hiked interest rates by another 50 basis points despite a slight fall in inflation for May. The decision was announced by the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee, Wednesday afternoon. It says while the rate in May of 10.9 per cent was...