Two US nationals were arrested after a team of officers assigned to the Border Security Branch seized two firearms and 24 assorted rounds of ammunition at the Donald Sangster International airport in Montego Bay on Sunday. They're 35-year-old disc jockey, Robert...
Opposition Senator KD Knight on Friday recommended that the government withdraw the bill which proposes to establish a National Identification System, NIDS. Senator Knight says the bill is well-intentioned but impractical, flawed and intrusive. [audio_mp3...
A Special Commission reviewing the operations of the National Housing Trust, NHT, has proposed that the Trust be merged with the Housing Agency of Jamaica, HAJ. This is among several recommendations in the report which followed the strategic review of the NHT. The...
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, is offering condolences to the government and people of the United States in the aftermath of the deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. In a statement,...
The National Works Agency will be redirecting eastbound traffic along the Mandela Highway to a newly-paved section of the roadway between the East/West Highway off-ramp and the Ferry Police Station. The switch will take place at 10 on Sunday morning. Communication and...
Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the future of tourism in the Caribbean must be seriously examined amid investment uncertainty due to climate change. He says the matter will be addressed on the first day of the United Nations World Tourism Organization Global...
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica, ECJ, says contrary to reports in the media the court has not granted an injunction barring it from removing the Director of Elections, Orrette Fisher, from the job. A statement from the ECJ this afternoon says Mr. Fisher's contract...
The Member of Parliament for West Portland, Daryl Vaz, is attributing the JLP's victory in South East St Mary to strategic planning and organization. He says it was a team effort. [audio_mp3...
Reacting to the preliminary results in South East St Mary Political historian, Troy Caine, says he's not surprised by Dr. Norman Dunn's victory. [audio_mp3 url="https://nationwideradiojm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Troy-Caine-on-why-JLP-won-Oct-30.mp3"] And,...
Lawyers representing Director of Elections, Orrette Fisher, are expected to make submissions in the Supreme Court this morning as they seek to have the court bar the Electoral Commission of Jamaica from removing him from the job. It's understood that Mr. Fisher's...