Stepping into 2020 as a Force for good! That's the word from Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson in his first official address to members of the Constabulary for 2020. Commissioner Anderson lauded his members for their hard work despite constraints. He...
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Local Entertainers Hail Miss World 2019 Crowning
Several local entertainers and popular personalities are hailing the crowning of Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh the 2019 Miss World winner. The entertainers and personalities were in attendance at popular dancehall artiste, Popcaan's Unruly Fest at the Good Year factory in...
Gov’t To Create More Than 100 Jobs This Holiday Season – McKenzie
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Desmond McKenzie, says the Ministry is to provide more than 100- thousand employment opportunities during the Christmas season. Mr McKenzie was addressing his Ministry's Quarterly media briefing today He says the...
Jamaica Set To Become Caribbean’s Centre of Commerce by 2030: Holness
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has told members of the Jamaican Diaspora in Kenya, that Jamaica is to become the Caribbean's centre of commerce in the next ten years. Mr Holness says Jamaica has become a model of economic reform, following an economic crisis in 2008...
Executive Director, NIA, Calls on JPs to Step Up Efforts in Fight Against Corruption
Executive Director of the National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe says Jamaica is unlikely to show any significant gains in the upcoming Global Corruption Perception Index, CPI. The CPI for 2019 is due next month. Professor Trevor Munroe, Executive Director...
Jamaicans Reassured of Safety of Local Lettuce Amid US Report of E.Coli Outbreak
No Romaine Lettuce has been imported since the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, MICAF issued a ban on the vegetable earlier this year. That's according to Communications Specialist at the Consumer Affairs Commission, CAC, Dorothy Campbell. Ms...
Beverly Lopez, Influential Private Sector Leader Is Dead
Former President of Private Sector Organisation and Jamaica Exporters Association, Beverly Lopez has died. Mrs. Lopez passed away at her home yesterday morning. She, was a graduate of the prestigious Alpha Academy and recipient of Order of Jamaica in 2006 for her...
Police Federation Claims Vindication from Court Ruling that Bars INDECOM from ‘Compelling’ Members
The Jamaica Police Federation says it feels vindicated by a recent court ruling that prevents the Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, from compelling members of the Constabulary to answer questions during an investigation. The ruling was handed down on...
Holness-admin Delivering Promises Conceptualized By PNP – Chuck
North East St. Andrew Member of Parliament, Delroy Chuck, says the Holness Administration has delivered on many promises that the Opposition People's National Party, PNP, conceptualized. Mr. Chuck pointed to the many infrastructure projects started under the current...
Qahal Yahweh Congregation Members Will Face Charges – Police Commissioner
Police Commissioner, Major General Anderson, says assault charges will be laid on some members of the Qahal Yahweh congregation in Norwood in Montego Bay who attacked the Police when they went to rescue at least two children who were allegedly being kept captive and...