Finance Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke today tabled a bill in the Lower House of Parliament to extend by 5 years the annual National Housing Trust, NHT, contribution of $11.4 billion to the Government. If the extension's approved that would be an additional $57-billion to...
A 34 year old Farmer of Windsor Forest, Portland was arrested and charged for murder this month. Charged is Junior Authors otherwise called "Ants Man" or "Qua Qua". The farmer was arrested and subsequently charged on Sunday, November 29 2020 for the murder of...
The police in St. Catherine reportedly clamped down on some 15 illegal parties at the weekend in sections of the parish, under the Disaster Risk Management Act, DRMA. Head of the Police Corporate Communications Unit CCU, Senior Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay says...
Cabinet Minister with responsibility for the nation's correctional facilities, Senator Matthew Samuda says it's unlikely inmates will be treated to their usual Christmas visits. This as the country continues to grapple with the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Communications and Customer Services Manager at the National Works Agency, NWA, Stephen Shaw says the agency will be resuming road clearing operations on a section of the Irish Town main road in St. Andrew, following challenges . He says they're hoping to clear the...
Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, says there'll be heightened police presence in major townships and urban centres during the festive season. He's also urging compliance and support for crime fighters during the Christmas period. Major General...
St Catherine MP, and Gender Affairs Minister Olivia Grange has joined in condemning the gruesome act of violence meted out to an 81 year old woman and her two young granddaughters on Sunday. Minister Grange says she's asked the Bureau of Gender Affairs to visit the...
Opposition Spokesperson on Education, Dr. Angela Brown Burke, is decrying the recent acts of violence against children, recalling the weekend execution the young McFarlane sisters. The children and their 81 year old grandmother were murdered execution style at their...
Chief Inspector and CEO at the National Education Inspectorate, NEI, Maureen Dwyer, says schools have nothing to fear as the inspectorate is collecting data from schools for a gap analysis during the pandemic. She says there seems to be some misunderstanding about the...
Neika Lewis reports PNP President Mark Golding says the party has assembled a unity team to chart a peace and unity plan for it members. This as he says the party's been grappling with internal negative feelings coming out of the recent internal Presidential...