The final count of ballots cast in yesterday's by-election in three constituencies is to get underway later this morning. In the fiercely contested South East St Mary by-election, the pharmacist Dr. Norman Dunn prevailed over medical doctor the PNP's Shane Alexis....
Polls have now closed in what's been dubbed the most consequential and important by-election in the country's history. The counting of ballots cast in today's election in South East St Mary, South St. Andrew and South West St. Andrew is now underway. The Electoral...
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, amid an upsurge in murders and shootings in the western city. President of the Chamber, T'Shura Gibbs,...
It's now down to the wire in campaigning for the main political parties as final preparations are made to secure victory in the three by-elections scheduled for next Monday. Three weeks of intense campaigning by both political parties will conclude this weekend with...
PNP General Secretary, Julian Robinson, is estimating that the government has spent at least $500-million in South East St Mary in the last three to four days. He says that estimate does not include the announced spend on the Junction main road. Mr. Robinson wants the...
JLP General Secretary, Dr. Horace Chang, has responded to the accusation by the Opposition Leader that the Holness administration is the most corrupt. Dr. Peter Phillips made the declaration at a PNP meeting in Richmond, St Mary on Wednesday. Speaking on Nationwide@5...
Well known St Andrew medical doctor, Jephthah Ford, who was found guilty of corruption is to be sentenced in the St Andrew Parish Court today. Dr. Ford was convicted in July on two counts of perverting the course of justice. Prosecutors led evidence that he offered to...
Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn, says the failure to fully roll out sentence reduction days is because defence lawyers don't understand or aren't aware of changes to the law. The Criminal Justice Administration Amendment Act of 2015 facilitates...
Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown, has apologized for her comments to our news centre on Sunday that her office was treating the double shooting in Annotto Bay St Mary on the weekend as being politically motivated. Yesterday Assistant Commissioner, Norman...
The Finance Ministry is reporting that self-financing Public Bodies recorded an overall balance surplus of just under $4-billion for the first three months of the 2017/18 fiscal year ending June 30. This is relative to the targeted deficit of $1.45-billion. According...