Some of the country's prominent attorneys say the re-tabled provisions under the Emergency Powers Regulations are too wide and do not reflect a targeted approach to governing the State of Public Emergency in St Catherine. The changes to the legalisation were prompted...
Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett has called for the development of a special growth strategy for Commonwealth countries to help them recover from the far-reaching impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was speaking during the just concluded Commonwealth Business Forum...
Nationwide News understands that acting-Managing Director of the Transport Authority, Willard Hylton, has decided to continue at the helm of the entity. Mr. Willard had tendered his resignation earlier this month. His resignation led to a three-day strike action by...
Children's Advocate, Diahann Gordon-Harrison, is describing as heart-rending the brutal murders of a mother and her four children in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon this morning. Mrs. Gordon- Harrison told Nationwide today the incident is incomprehensible. She noted that its...
Shock and outrage! Jamaicans are trying to come to grips with Tuesday morning's gruesome murders of a mother and her four children in the rural district of Cocoa Piece in North Central Clarendon. The suspect is said to be a relative of the family that was wiped out....
Senior Medical Officer of Health for St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital, Dr Tanya Hamilton-Johnson says more than half of trauma cases they've received between January and May were due to road traffic crashes. She says this is an increase compared to the similar period...
Councillor for the Beecher Town Division in South East St. Ann, Ian Bell, is calling on the management of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation to account for what he says is the unauthorised use of money from the municipality's Special Grants and Repairs Fund. According...
The country's COVID-19 positivity rate is now at 25%. That's according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness' latest update. The positivity rate follows the confirmation of 168 new cases. They come from 706 samples tested in the last 24 hours. 40 of the new cases are...
The Ministry of Health and Wellness has announced that Jamaica is now able to conduct testing for the Monkeypox virus. In a statement Friday evening, the ministry said this comes following regional training in laboratory detection and diagnosis of the viral condition....
There are mixed reactions among leaders in some sections of St Catherine regarding the possible extension of a State of Emergency, SOE, in the parish when the enhanced security measure expires in 14 days. On Friday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness formally announced the...