The Housing Agency of Jamaica, HAJ, says it has designed a reconfiguration plan to expand access at the main entrance of the Sandown Palms housing development in Portmore, St Catherine, to accommodate larger emergency vehicles. The move comes amid concerns from home...
The government is getting a passing grade for the pace of post-Hurricane Melissa response, but not for how it's engaging affected Jamaicans. That’s the assessment of a panel of analysts examining the recovery effort. Shaloy Smikle reports. The matter of the...
More than five million attempts to breach Jamaica’s digital systems were recorded in the first three months of 2026. Science and Technology Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley, revealed the scale of the threat at Wednesday's post-Cabinet Media Briefing at the Office of the...
The Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management, ODPEM, has completed the migration of government-controlled data associated with the Support Jamaica platform to a secure government environment. ODPEM provided the update in a statement on Tuesday. It...
Entertainer and popular TikToker Pops YG has been released on pre-charge bail. His attorney, Donnovan Collins provided the update to our news centre on Wednesday. Pre-charge bail is the release of a suspect from police custody while a criminal investigation remains...
Works minister, Robert Morgan, is hitting back at the National Caucus of People's National Party, PNP, Councillors, for what he says is a misleading comparison between funding for the government’s SPARK programme and the money allocated for parochial roads. SPARK...
The National Water Commission, NWC, says the chlorine leak at its Mona Reservoir Compound in St Andrew on Tuesday has been contained. In a release, the NWC says the issue was remedied through the coordinated efforts of its emergency response team, the supplier and the...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says bureaucracy is stifling investment opportunities in agriculture. Dr. Holness was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 20th Caribbean Week of Agriculture at the Ocean Coral Springs Resort in Trelawny, on Sunday. It brings...
Board member of Jamaicans for Justice, Keenan Falconer, says the passage of stringent gun laws in recent years is not the main factor driving the decline in murders and other major crimes since 2022. Falconer weighed in on the matter on Nationwide's The Week That Was...
The first batch of Ghanaian nurses recruited to support Jamaica’s health care system has arrived. Health and wellness minister, Dr Christopher Tufton, says the 43 specialist nurses landed at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on Sunday. The nurses will be...