The Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, has announced that Dr. Andrew Holness will accept the full salary and emoluments attached to the office, retroactive to September last year. That means Dr. Holness will now earn a salary of $28.5 million. This is up from...
Finance minister, Fayval Williams, has confirmed that new taxes will form part of the government’s 2026/2027 budget. The minister says the taxes are necessary to respond to the massive fiscal fallout from Hurricane Melissa, and to safeguard Jamaica’s hard...
Nationwide News can confirm that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has not yet indicated whether it will accept the guilty plea offered by former Member of Parliament, Jolyan Silvera, in relation to the death of his wife, Melissa. That decision is...
The Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, is reporting that 25 Jamaicans have been killed by the security forces in the first 28 days of the year. The latest reported killing is of Omoy Largie, otherwise called ‘Not Nice’, on Monday. Largie...
This image was generated using artificial intelligence. The Financial Investigations Division, FID, is mum following allegations it told the Integrity Commission it had found no cause for concern having reviewed the statutory declarations of Prime Minister Dr. Andrew...
Jamaica’s Amber Group and Guyana’s Beharry Group have formed a strategic joint venture to establish a new information technology and cybersecurity services company, Beharry-Amber Technologies Inc. The venture is aimed at strengthening Guyana’s...
Jamaica made pageantry history this week with the arrival of the reigning Miss Global 2025, Nhu Van Nguyen Dinh, who will make her first official visit to the island in her capacity as global titleholder. Miss Global 2025 arrived in Kingston on Wednesday, marking the...
Opposition Leader Mark Golding, wants the Holness administration to declare its position on whether jury trials should be abolished before sending the matter to a joint select committee. He was posing questions to the Justice Minister in the House of Representatives...
Just over two and a half months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Energy Minister, Daryl Vaz, is hailing the progress made in restoring electricity to health and emergency services in the worst affected areas. The Minister provided the update in the House of...
The Clerk to the Houses of Parliament, Collen Lowe, has threatened to sue the Jamaica Gleaner unless corrective action is taken over an article published in the Sunday edition of the paper. In a letter dispatched on Thursday, the Clerk accuses the Gleaner of defaming...