Four hundred Jamaican crew members who arrived on a ship in Falmouth Pier, Tuesday are this evening in quarantine at a St Ann hotel. This follows the disembarkation of 200 today at Falmouth Pier. As was the case Thursday, the 200 Jamaicans were transported by Jamaica...
Senior Advisor and Communication Strategist in the Tourism Ministry, Delano Seiveright, says there's been no fallout from the coronavirus scare on the sector. Reports surfaced this morning that the University Hospital of the West Indies was treating a suspected case...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kamina Johnson-Smith, says this week’s engagements with Caribbean Foreign Ministers and representatives of the United States are bilateral and not within a CARICOM context. Senator Johnson-Smith statement comes following...
There's uncertainty this afternoon over whether PNP Vice President, and Opposition Senator, Damion Crawford, has resigned from the Shadow Cabinet. PNP General Secretary, Julian Robinson, is declining to comment on word circulating in the party that Crawford has...
Teams from the National Works Agency (NWA) are now targeting roads in three parishes that have been impacted by overnight rains, causing flooding and landslides. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says work is currently being...
More than 50% of Jamaicans believe that crime is the country's biggest problem. That's according to the findings of a Nationwide Bluedot Insights poll conducted between August 22 and 26 this year. When asked what do you consider to be Jamaica's biggest problem, 54% of...
Former Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell intervened in the activities of Petrojam's pricing committee at least once during his tenure. The information came to light during today's sitting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee. Petrojam General Manager Winston...
The Transport Authority is urging the nearly 17 thousand unlicensed operators to renew their road licenses now. According to the Transport Authority operators whose licenses have expired and remain un-renewed as at April 1, 2019 are presumed to be operating contrary...
Gender Minister Olivia Grange says the wanton violence against women and girls must end. She says the society must protect and provide redress for victims. The Minister also asked for prayers for an elderly woman who's hospitalized in serious condition after her...
President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, PSOJ, Howard Mitchell, says the recent court ruling striking down the National Identity Registration Act, NIRA, wasn't a surprise. But he praised the ruling for highlighting the strength of Jamaica's democracy....