As members of parliament (MPs) gear up to pose questions to portfolio ministers today about the Government’s $1.4-trillion Budget during a two-day meeting of Parliament’s Standing Finance Committee, two sector groups have highlighted issues they...

Fiscal Commissioner Courtney Williams has raised questions about the credibility of aspects of the Government’s 2026-2027 Budget in his Economic and Fiscal Assessment Report (EFAR). In his assessment of the Government’s macroeconomic and fiscal ...

A prosecution witness yesterday insisted that although she and her partner witnessed parts of the fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in St Andrew in 2013, and later composed a letter about the incident, some details in the document were bas...

Twenty-six-year-old attorney-at-law and journalist Sayeed Bernard is set to make a significant impact in Jamaica’s policy landscape after completing his Master of Laws at Queen Mary University of London. Bernard, a 2024 Chevening Scholar from Lin...

More Jamaicans with a criminal record will now have the opportunity for a fresh start with the enactment of the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act, 2026. The act, which introduces sweeping reforms aimed at giving rehabilit...

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

At the far end of a quiet, disorganised row of marble headstones, beneath the generous shade of a plum tree in the cemetery at St Andrew Parish Church, lies the final resting place of Melissa Silvera. But unlike the graves that flank it, Melissa....

Two men were arrested on Wednesday after police said they attempted to defraud motorists by offering to fast-track their court appearance during the St Catherine Traffic Ticket Day initiative at the Spanish Town Parish Court. Investigators...

When Shari-Ann Henry stepped onto the graduation stage on March 2, in Canada as a newly minted barrister and solicitor, the applause felt almost distant -- not because it wasn't loud, but because she was still trying to convince herself that the......

Philanthropist Claude 'Big Stone' Sinclair says prostate cancer has stripped him of far more than just his health. In a raw and emotional account shared yesterday, Sinclair revealed how the Stage 4 illness has robbed him of his strength, dignity.....

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is noting that the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Amendment) Act, 2026, provides for automatic expungement of certain non-custodial convictions. He shared key reforms brought on by the amendment,...