Jamaicans earning above $1.7 million are to get approximately $75,000 over three years following Finance Minister Fayval Williams’ announcement of an increase in the income tax threshold to $2 million. Williams, the country’s first woman minist...

The Government is moving to roll out what it describes as “the most ambitious programme” to allow affordable access to prepaid electricity, particularly for those stealing light and power from the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) grid. Targeting 20...

The Government has allocated $496 billion for compensation to workers in the public sector but at least one group is expecting retroactive payments by the end of April since their demands aren’t expected to be met, as they had wanted, by the end o...

Amid the rise of youth-on-youth violence, and violence against youths across Jamaica, insufficient data, inadequate leadership and lack of unity have posed a challenge for stakeholders when attempting to curb the increasing incident rates in high-.....

WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kevin Francis, whose absence derailed Monday’s scheduled sitting in the trial of the three police personnel charged in the Mario Deane beating death case, was back on the stand today but it was...

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...

Some JPS customers will be paying less on light bills as the General Consumption Tax (GCT) is to be slashed from 12 per cent to 7 per cent starting May 1. Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams made the announcement in...

Some taxpayers are set to keep a little more of their earnings starting April 1, as the income tax threshold is to increase to two million dollars over a three year period. Finance Minister Fayval Williams stated that the threshold would first......

Despite showing signs of illness, the evidence-in-chief of Deputy Superintendent of Police Kevin Francis appeared in the Westmoreland Circuit Court as the trial of three cops implicated in Mario Deane's death in 2014 resumed today. Wearing a...

A $1 million bail was offered to the off-duty cop charged for the shooting death of a Ribbiz Ultra Lounge employee earlier this year when he appeared in the Gun Court section of the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. Constable Patrick Williams....

Gender equality is a fundamental human right and is critical to Jamaica's economic growth and social development, says Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Honourable Olivia Grange. "That is why gender equality remains at the...