‘I did not see’ Agriculture Minister Floyd Green yesterday admitted in the Home Circuit Court that, while he witnessed parts of a 2013 police operation along Acadia Drive, St Andrew, he did not see the actual killing of three men during the incident. During cross...
Johnson Smith touts Jamaica as ‘place to be’ for int’l investors PANAMA CITY, Panama: Jamaica’s foreign minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has issued a clarion call to international investors to partner in the strategic redevelopment of the island’s western corridor, drawing on a decade of tax stability and...
‘Don’t witness signatures you don’t know’ WESTERN BUREAU: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck is warning justices of the peace (JPs) not to witness signatures being made by people they do not know, or they might land themselves in hot water on criminal charges for...
Former banker Patrick Hylton to bat for small business as PSOJ head Having spent years at the helm of Jamaica’s largest financial institution, new president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Patrick Hylton says he will use his experience to pave the way for businesses to access much-needed...
Young men build foundation to support education, communities At 21, Stephen Simpson and Zakari Messam have turned a shared impulse into something more durable. What began during the COVID-19 pandemic as informal conversations about giving back – initially centred on a modest Easter initiative – has evolved...
Darliston Post Office closure leaves residents distressed Residents of Darliston, Westmoreland are expressing deep concern over the closure of the local post office, saying that the move has placed a dreaded financial and physical strain on pensioners, PATH beneficiaries and postal workers, particularly...
Wint urges church to pray for Customs officers’ integrity under pressure WESTERN BUREAU: Howard Wint, the senior director of operations in the western section of the Jamaica Customs Agency, has called for the church to pray for customs officers, particularly for integrity, wisdom and strength, as they operate under...
CRY FOR DEANS WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver has reiterated his call for every school in the island to have a dean of discipline, expressing disappointment that both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of...
GEOPOLITICAL TIGHTROPE Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica’s economic independence is dependent on its ability to balance competing global interests amid mounting geopolitical tensions. Johnson Smith was among a panel of foreign ministers...
‘I wasn’t preparing for a case’ Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green told the Home Circuit Court on Thursday that he was not anticipating giving evidence when he wrote an anonymous letter to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) following the fatal 2013 police...