Political commentator, Lloyd B. Smith, says the government’s performance has been a mixed bag, with the real litmus test being how it handles the recovery from Hurricane Melissa. This, as he reacted to year one of the Holness administration's historic third term in...
The slow pace of school repairs following Hurricane Melissa and delays in salary negotiations are among the major concerns being raised about the government’s handling of the education sector over the past year. President of the Jamaica Association of Principals and...
Displaced residents of Coopers Pen, Trelawny, are being urged to be wary of people collecting their names under the guise of assessing them for assistance following the recent eviction exercise. The warning was issued by the Ministry of Economic Growth and...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett delivers remarks during the opening ceremony of the 48th Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic (CAA) Region, at the Moon Palace Hotel in St. Ann, on...
A suspected gunman has been shot and killed by the police following a deadly attack on a taxi operator in Nain, St Elizabeth, on Wednesday afternoon. The taxi operator was shot and killed shortly after 5pm. He has been identified as 48-year-old Rohan Hill. The St...
The Ministry of Education says it regrets the tragic accident that led to the death of a man and the injury of another at Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High School in St Andrew on Tuesday. At approximately 2 pm, a section of a corridor connecting classrooms, which...
Road safety consultant and chief executive of Temper Consulting, Kenute Hare, says he's not optimistic that the Island Traffic Authority, ITA, will implement the demerit point system anytime soon. Hare, a former director of the Island Traffic Authority and Road Safety...
The Island Traffic Authority, ITA, says the processing of Electronic Certificates of Fitness, or eFitness, has been temporarily disrupted at all examination depots. This is a result of damage to the the authority's fibre infrastructure, which has affected access to...
Water Minister Matthew Samuda says the government is looking to purchase an additional 10,000 black water tanks for distribution to vulnerable households and communities affected by drought across the island. Minister Samuda says the tanks will be purchased from local...
Gaps in public planning are at the centre of the slow pace of repairs at hundreds of schools damaged by Hurricane Melissa last October. So says president of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association, Richard Mullings. He was speaking during Nationwide at Five on...