A WARNING TO GANGSTERS WESTERN BUREAU: National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has cautioned gangsters operating in Westmoreland to lay down their arms and refrain from carrying out threats to kill several students from the Crowder community in Grange Hill. “There are...
Bartlett pushes for change in tabling of IC reports It appears that some members of the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee (ICOC) are unhappy that investigation reports from the Integrity Commission (IC) are tabled and made available to the wider public before the oversight committee gets a...
‘I definitely did not conspire with anyone to commit murder’ While proclaiming his innocence, one of the alleged murder accomplices in the January 2, 2018 shooting deaths of businesswoman Simone Campbell-Collymore and her taxi-driver Winston Walters, said he did everything possible to separate himself from...
Deliveryman in viral video killed in MoBay Despite pleading his innocence and distancing himself from an alleged crime in a widely circulated video, a St James deliveryman was cut down in a hail of bullets on Thursday night in the vicinity of the Barnett Street Fire Station. The Gleaner...
MBJ CEO: SIA runway expansion to boost international flights WESTERN BUREAU: Shane Munroe, chief executive officer (CEO) of MBJ Airports Limited, is hailing the Sangster International Airport’s (SIA) runway extension and associated works project as indicative of the significant potential available for the...
‘Ready For Life’ brings key services to Wolmer’s Boys Lovette Smith has been wanting to open a bank account for her son, a sixth form student at Wolmer’s Boys’ School, for the longest time but simply could not find the time. So when the institution’s parent-teacher association (PTA) organised an...
J’cans urged to become water efficient Concerns have been raised about the quality of plumbing materials being used and how it affects water efficiency. The unease came by way of an observation made by Instant Save Conservation Solutions (ISCS) that three out of every four households...
Dunn reinforces on airbnb’s potential for job creation, growth With the country recording 29 per cent of all visitors who came to Jamaica in 2023 staying at airbnbs, Norman Dunn, state minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, believes there is room for much improvement with job creation this...
Chuck demands Integrity Commission update on 'Illicit 6' A senior Cabinet minister yesterday sent a message to the Integrity Commission (IC) urging the anti-corruption body to deliver a report on the six parliamentarians who were said to be under investigation for illicit enrichment. Justice Minister...
HERMITAGE DAM ‘A NATIONAL RISK’ Describing the Hermitage Dam in St Andrew as a “national risk”, Matthew Samuda, minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, disclosed that plans are in progress to replace its wall. Speaking at a virtual forum,...