Jamaica's unemployment rate has nearly returned to pre Covid-pandemic levels. That's according to data from the latest labour force survey conducted by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica presented this morning. STATIN says the unemployed labour force declined by...
A Food and Drug Administration, FDA, advisory panel in the United States has unanimously endorsed booster doses for the Johnson and Johnson single-shot Covid-19 vaccine. It's not certain as of yet which way the FDA itself will rule on the matter but the agency has...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness made it clear the government has no intention of calling an election at this time. Speaking during his tour of St. Mary, the prime minister also slammed the Opposition for what he's describing as its blatant politicking during a sensitive...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says unvaccinated Jamaicans may soon have to foot the actual bill for their choice as he provides more insight into the government's move towards what he's describing as a 'Vaccine Option'. He's following up on his prior announcement that...
The Kingston Western Police Division has listen three men as wanted. The men are wanted in connection with serious crimes committed in the division. All three men are known only by their aliases ‘Antsman’, ‘Dollar Boss’ and ‘Fire Boss’. They are urged to turn...
The government has lifted its COVID-19 travel restrictions on the Republics of India and Trinidad and Tobago. This was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith in a press release yesterday. Mrs. Johnson Smith says as...
Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Dean Roy Bernard, is hitting back at the Auditor General's report calling into question his management of the Joint Committee of Tertiary Education, JCTE. He's responding to the special report which says no...
The National Covid-19 Operationalisation Task Force has broken its 40 day silence and provided an update on its efforts to improve the vaccination programme for the country. The Professor Gordon Shirley-led body says its first report will be on the desk of Prime...
Chevon Campbell tells us more Approximately 350,000 Jamaicans are soon to benefit from direct government grants totaling nearly $4-billion as part of the administration's targeted COVID-19 relief. Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke, announced the much-needed cash...
Finance Minister Dr. Nigel Clarke has announced an unprecedented food drive to assist up to a quarter of a million people in the country. The billion-dollar drive was announced in the House of Representatives yesterday. The food drive comes in the context of rising...