Jamaica's point-to-point inflation rate remains unchanged at 10.2 per cent for the month of August compared to the previous month. That's according to the latest data from the Statistical Institute of Jamaica, STATIN. The rate was influenced by movements in the index...
The House of Representatives has once again passed a resolution calling for the US embargo on Cuba to be lifted. The embargo has stood since the 1960s after Fidel Castro seized control of the island from the US-backed dictator, Fulgencio Batista. The Embargo blocked...
Information Minister Robert Morgan has defended the government's $18 million dollar expenditure on Foreign Affairs Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith's failed Commonwealth Secretary-General Bid. The Information Minister stressed the importance of the Heads of Government...
Member of Parliament for West St. Mary, Robert Montague, is calling on the Central Bank and the Government to rein in the financial institutions for their poor treatment of customers. The former Transport Minister pointed out what he sees as the hypocritical...
Information minister, Robert Morgan, and opposition leader, Mark Golding, clashed over the contract details of Finn Partners in Jamaica's bid for Commonwealth Secretary General. Morgan told the House of Representatives that only three entities who engaged the US-based...
Prominent businessman, Howard Mitchell, blames Mr. Holness' fall off in the polls on the prevailing socio economic climate both in the country and globally. And, President of the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise, MSME Alliance, Donovan Wignall, says the Prime...
Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton has topped the list of best-performing Ministers for 2022. He took the crown from Prime Minister Holness who has fallen to second place. Enjoying a significant bump this year is Culture Minister, Olivia Grange. She meteorically...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness maintains a double-digit lead over his political rival, Mark Golding in terms of favourability among Jamaicans. However, he continues to suffer a major deficit compared to the significant praise he enjoyed two years ago. That's according...
Information minister, Robert Morgan, has revealed the name of three prominent donors who paid a foreign company to provide Public Relations for Jamaica's failed Commonwealth Secretary General bid. Answering questions in the House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon,...
File Photo The House of Representatives today paid tribute to the late British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Prime Minister Andrew Holness praised the queen for her service to the commonwealth, calling her passing the end of an era. Prime Minister Andrew Holness. Queen...