Jamaica is trying to get a seat on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council during its 41st Assembly now on in Montreal, Canada. Minister of the Transport Audley Shaw, who is attending the assembly, says election to the Council...
Members of the Jamaica Civil Service Association, JCSA, have given the Ministry of Finance and Planning until midday this Friday to respond to its concerns over the shifting of officers to the minimum, except those in receipt of seniority. They say the proposal from...
Over ten years after leaving representational politics, former Member of Parliament for North Eastern St Elizabeth, Raymond Pryce, is now speaking out about the circumstances under which he left the representational political arena. He says contrary to a belief...
The National Water Commission, NWC, is this morning seeking to clarify what it says is misinformation being circulated in media channels surrounding its recently launched 45-megawatt Mona Reservoir Floating Solar Project. The NWC says the initial pilot of the project...
Former Education Minister Ruel Reid, Caribbean Maritime University President Fritz Pinnock and their co-accused in the CMU/Education Ministry corruption case, are expected back in court this morning. The mention date was set in July when the five accused appeared in...
The General Legal Council, GLC, has found that the Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn failed to bring supporting evidence to clarify in what way three of the canons of the legal profession complained of, were breached. This was contained in the ruling on...
The Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council, GLC, has found attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan guilty of professional misconduct. The Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn had brought the matter before the GLC after comments made by Buchanan in...
Deputy Spokesperson on Information for the People’s National Party, PNP, and recent losing aspirant for chairman of the party, Raymond Pryce, says losses will not deter his desire to serve his party or country. In an interview with Nationwide News, Mr Pryce explained...
The National Water Commission is advising motorists to proceed with the caution on a section of the Florizel Glasspole Boulevard in eastern Kingston as a main has been broken and the commission is carrying out repairs. NWC's Corporate Communications Manager Andrew...
Jamaica has been appointed to the presidency of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, for 2022-23. The committee, which will be chaired by the health minister Dr. Christopher Tufton for the period, acts as a working party to the...