The extradition hearing of controversial Jamaican born Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faisal, is scheduled to resume in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish court today. The hearing is to determine if Al-Faisal is to be sent to the United States to stand trial for...
A 48-year-old taxi driver of March Pen Road in Spanish Town who's charged with indecent assault of a 21-year-old woman was denied bail when he appeared in the St Catherine Parish Court yesterday. The accused, Michael Gayle, is also facing charges of assault with...
The Port of Kingston welcomed two cruise vessels yesterday. The Monarch of the Seas and Mein Schiff 6, which is owned by TUI Cruises, called on the port yesterday. Kingston Wharves was again called on to host the Pullmatur Cruise’s Monarch of the Seas which docked at...
Government's bungling bureaucracy is again being blamed for stifling the interest of prospective investors. Opposition Leader, Dr Peter Phillips, says the difficulty in acquiring land in Jamaica is forcing investors to take their business elsewhere. He was speaking...
The Ministry of Labour has summoned representatives of the Nurses Association of Jamaica and the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to an emergency meeting. The Ministry says it has called an emergency conciliation meeting to seek to restore normalcy in the...
Tributes are pouring in from members of the education fraternity on news of the passing of the former President of the MICO University College, Professor Claude Packer. Professor Packer died yesterday evening. It's understood that he had been ailing for some time. In...
The country's conviction rate for murder and other violent crimes is set to get a $2.5-billion boost. This as the government is to benefit from an Inter-American Development Bank loan to support efforts to increase the conviction rates for serious crimes. A statement...
Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie, says he's prepared to exercise his power in law to deal with Municipal Corporations with persistent administrative problems. Minister McKenzie made reference to a recent audit of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation. He's...
The government is not about depriving citizens of their rights but it must be placed in a position to enforce existing law. That's the word this afternoon from Prime Minister Andrew Holness to people who are sceptical about the impending introduction of a National...
There could be a delay in the start of the pilot project for the National Identification System, NIDS. Acting Chief Technical Director in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Lynch Stewart, says the first set of enrollments under the system is scheduled for...