The Government has adjusted its tax policy in relation to the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages and the Environmental Protection Levy on domestic goods, but the measures will remain revenue neutral. In closing the 20...

Rae Town Division Councillor Rosalie Hamilton is daring Member of Parliament for Kingston Central Donovan Williams to proceed with his promised lawsuit as the now-public feud between the two Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representatives intensifies. T...

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Anthony Taylor, principal of St Mary’s Preparatory School, says his institution will tighten safety measures around bun-eating contests but will not remove the activity from its sports day programme unless parents or the Ministr...

The further cross-examination of a senior investigator took centrestage in the Clansman gang trial yesterday, as defence attorneys sought to challenge the credibility and thoroughness of the policeman’s investigative work in relation to the murder...

As the transatlantic hurricane season approaches, Ansord Hewitt, director general at the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), is calling for a multilayered disaster risk framework for the utility sector to ensure access to funding and provide a cri...

WESTERN BUREAU: Repeated flooding in the Oceanpointe Housing Scheme in Point, Hanover, is being blamed for the suspension of the 2026 ‘Back to School’ treat, usually hosted by the Oceanpointe Community Outreach Group for children within the pari...

As Caribbean countries intensify efforts to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the CARICOM Private Sector Organisation (CPSO) is seeking to showcase and document its role in this fight with the launch of a Reporting Framework for CARICOM Priva...

As the curtain falls on more than half a century of medical cooperation with Jamaica, highly trained Cuban specialists will begin exiting the island this Thursday, departing on four chartered flights from Kingston to their homeland, which has been r...

Dr Tomlin J. Paul, the late deputy principal of The University of the West Indies (UWI), was yesterday remembered as a “Caribbean man”, a devoted father, and a distinguished medical professional, as mourners gathered at the University Chapel to ...

Jamaica is embarking on an ambitious drive to expand agricultural output, bolster food security and earn more foreign exchange by planting at least 3,000 acres of five key fruit trees – mango, ackee, breadfruit, avocado and coconut – by 2035. T...