Water and Environment Minister, Matthew Samuda is throwing his support behind the bill seeking to establish the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA. This, amid criticism from the opposition and government MP Marlene Malahoo Forte that the draft...
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley is welcoming the continued decline in murders this year, even as he chided the opposition People's National Party for not supporting the government's crime fighting agenda. Senator Fitz-Henley has noted a host of convictions secured...
Government senator, Rose Bennett-Cooper, says the Holness-administration is placing the well-being of local workers at the centre of plans to diversify the country's tourism product. Senator Bennett-Cooper made the point during last Friday's sitting of the senate...
The Jamaica Constabulary Force, JCF, is reporting a 27 per cent decline in murders between January 1 and April 19 this year when compared to the corresponding period in 2025. According to the JCF, 159 people were murdered over the first 108 days of 2026. That's...
Government Senator and consultant urologist, Dr. Elon Thompson, says he's encouraged by the steps being taken by Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton and the Holness-administration to prevent a major fallout from the departure of Cuban medical personnel. Scores of...
Nationwide News understands that a former member of parliament, MP, for a rural constituency has been charged with incest. This after he allegedly sexually assaulted his 13-year-old daughter. The ex-MP, who served one term as a legislator, represented a constituency...
The police is warning that making false reports to law enforcement can lead to prosecution. This, following an investigation into an alleged kidnapping later found to be a domestic dispute. Information from the Specialised Investigation Branch of the...
The councillor for the Rae Town division in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, the Jamaica Labour Party's, JLP, Rosie Hamilton has made damning allegations against Member of Parliament for Central Kingston, Donovan Williams. In a series of voice notes...
Nationwide News understands that one driver at the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC has been arrested by agents of the Major Organized Crime Investigation Agency, MOCA for their involvement in a sophisticated ticket scam ring. It's understood at least eleven more...
Multiple media outlets in the US and Britain are reporting that Donald Trump has told Cuban officials that their country's president has to go. It's the most direct statement yet from the US President about his intention to change the regime in the Caribbean nation....