The number of COVID-19 deaths in Jamaica has now hit the 2,000 mark. This follows the death of 5 more people from COVID-19 complications. The deceased who are between 43 and 79 years old, resided in the parishes of Trelawny, St. Thomas, St. Catherine St. Ann and...
More than one billion dollars worth of goods were lost at the Newport West warehouse of Facey Commodity Limited in Kingston where a massive fire destroyed the entire building over the weekend. That's according to the preliminary assessment by Seprod Group Chief...
Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie says the biggest problem facing waste management in Jamaica is not the effectiveness of the collection system but rather people's disregard for proper garbage disposal. The Minister was speaking at a recent Rotary Club of...
Chief Justice Bryan Sykes is arguing that the new Public Officials Protection System Policy doesn't give equal or adequate consideration to the security of judges when it was being conceptualised. Under the new policy not all public officials including members of the...
South East St. Ann Member of Parliament, Lisa Hanna, is calling for the People's National Party, PNP, to do more to regain the confidence of supporters. She says many PNP supporters have had enough of the infighting that's been affecting the party. Ms. Hanna was...
A St. Elizabeth woman is now in hospital after experiencing a near-fatal attack while at a well-known supermarket in the parish last evening. According to the Police, a woman and her three children were at a supermarket last evening in the town of Santa Cruz. Reports...
Jamaica's countdown to a viable existence over the next 79 years is being pegged to it reducing carbon dioxide emissions by at least 45 per cent by 2030. The country's existence in this century also rests on achieving net zero emissions by 2050. That's the assessment...
Over 30,000 Jamaicans due their second dose are being urged to come out and get the jab as the authorities race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible before a set of doses expire tomorrow. That's the appeal from Director of Family Health Services, Dr....
The restorative justice system has seen an 86 per cent success rate in matters that were referred by the Courts for the first eight months of this year. The was revealed by Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck was during the Ministry's quarterly press briefing on Tuesday...
Director of Corporate of Communications at the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, Winsome Callum, says the increase in electricity bills was necessary at this time to allow the power company to reinvest in the grid. In recent days the Office of Utilities Regulation...