The tip of the iceberg! That's how National Security Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, has described recent major seizures of drugs and guns at the nation's ports. The minister was speaking on Cliff Hughes Online on Wednesday. Mahiri Stewart reports. Dr. Chang says the...
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says the Government is now spending 10 times more on improving water infrastructure across the island than it did a decade ago. But even that, some $15 billion per year, is not enough to ensure water...
Nationwide News understands narcotics police in Kingston are at this hour cutting through a shipping container to retrieve a cache of illegal drugs. It's understood the drugs are inside the ribs that run along each side of the 40-ft container. Our sources say...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is hosting bilateral talks with the President of Ghana, John Mahama at the Office of the Prime Minister. The talks are part of Mahama's four-day state visit to the island. Earlier on Monday, President Mahama received a ceremonial welcome...
Cabinet Minister, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, has won the first round of his legal battle with the Integrity Commission. The Supreme Court, on Friday granted him an injunction barring the Integrity Commission from charging him until the hearing and determination of an...
Government lawyers were on Thursday granted another extension in the constitutional case brought by Opposition Spokesman on Education, Damion Crawford. It's the second extension since the claim was filed in the Supreme Court on April 13. In the fixed date claim,...
Nationwide News understands a fatal shooting occurred on the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 in St Catherine early Wednesday morning. It's understood the incident happened in the vicinity of the overpass at the intersection of the tolled highway and Marcus Garvey Drive...
The National Security Council, NSC, has approved a series of legislative and policy initiatives it says are designed to strengthen Jamaica’s economic security, citizen security and national resilience. The Council, which is chaired by Prime Minister, Dr. Andrew...
Member of Parliament for West Kingston, Desmond McKenzie, says he was pepper sprayed by a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force in the constituency early Tuesday morning. The MP said he was in Tivoli Gardens responding to calls from residents about a police fatal...
Nationwide News understands the Digicel building in downtown Kingston is to be the home of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA. Agency head, Major General Antony Anderson and a team were seen departing the 10-storey building Monday morning....