Declaring that consumers need a break from soaring petrol prices, Opposition Leader Mark Golding recommended on Tuesday that the Government cap the ad valorem special consumption tax (SCT) on fuel at US$67.50 per barrel. If his proposal is...

A new round of supply lock-offs could begin as early as this Friday as the National Water Commission (NWC) moves to manage rising global energy costs which are being exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war. Describing the oil market as volatile, NWC.....

Declaring that it was not the time for “fiscal conservatism”, Opposition Leader Mark Golding is pushing the Holness administration to consider an additional expenditure of $40 billion, or two per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), to address....

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has poured cold water on Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke’s Budget presentation, asserting that it “missed the mark” in charting solutions for the “unprecedented crisis” facing the country. Golding said Clar...

On the heels of the Integrity Commission’s special report which tagged two former national security ministers in the scandal gripping the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA), Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding is pressing for the passage of an......

Alexander Shaw, attorney for Stephanie Christie, the reputed pastor and sole female defendant in the ongoing Clansman Gang trial, has accused a retired inspector and gang investigator of fabricating evidence to secure convictions. The accusation.....

Confirmed cases of accidental pesticide poisoning in recent years underscore the importance of a $20-million study to be undertaken by the Pesticides Control Authority and The University of the West Indies’ Mona Campus, says Minister of Health and...

A double murder in Green Pond, St James, on Monday has triggered outrage, sparking calls for increased police patrols in the western Jamaica community. Those killed have been identified as 19-year-old O’Neil Thelwell, otherwise called ‘CJ’,.....

Two People’s National Party-aligned former national security ministers have backed the scrapping of ministerial authority in the approval of gun licences on review amid a firestorm that has cost the Andrew Holness administration a Cabinet member.....

Opposition Spokesman on National Security Peter Bunting has sought to poke holes in the Integrity Commission’s special report linking him to the evolving scandal at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). In a brief statement to the media on Monda...

Education Minister Fayval Williams will meet the board of Jamaica College (JC) shortly following its rejection of the Doran Dixon-chaired Governance Committee of the National Council on Education (NCE) directive that Old Boys’ Association (OBA).....

A retired inspector and gang investigator who had testified that an alleged member of the Clansman-One Don Gang had offered him $100,000 to free reputed gang leader Andre ‘Blackman’ Bryan was on Monday labelled a liar by the alleged don’s lead...

BUFF BAY, Portland: The Transport Authority of Jamaica has defended its decision to issue 45 road licences to route taxi operators plying the Buff Bay to Port Antonio route, arguing that the move was ratified after an assessment was made based on.....

Scores of enraged residents from six communities in St Catherine West Central joined taxi and minibus operators in blocking the Point Hill main road to protest the deplorable condition of the corridor, which they claim has gone unrepaired for more.....

WESTERN BUREAU: DEXROY MARTIN, acting president of the Opposition People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO), says Government’s decision to place the images of former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Edward Seaga alongside former PNP.....

Jamaican Romario Murray has been extradited to the United States to face criminal charges relating to lottery scamming. The US Embassy disclosed on Monday that Murray was wanted by the US Postal Inspection Service on a federal warrant regarding...

Motorists who faced another round of fuel price hikes on Thursday are clamouring for Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke to reconsider his decision to maintain the seven per cent special consumption tax (SCT) on petrol. Clarke, during his Budget...

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has dismissed the notion of sanctions against Senator Peter Bunting for his role in the granting of gun licences to two persons with criminal traces, for which he was cited in a special report ...

Amid increasing calls for greater funding of early-childhood institutions, Education Minister Fayval Williams has suggested that the Government first needs to establish a tighter grip on the sector, approximately 85 per cent of which is privately.....

The Association of Government Medical Consultants has taken the State to the Supreme Court seeking to get orders to have the emergency-duty allowance form part of its members’ pensionable salary. Also known as the on-call allowance, it has been......