Eighteen outstanding secondary and tertiary students are starting the 2025/26 academic year with less financial worry, thanks to scholarships and bursaries from the First Heritage Co-operative (FHC) Credit Union Limited […]
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) has reacted to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness' promise to move the national minimum wage to $32,000 per 40-hour work week, cautioning him to "follow the established consultative process before committing the...
Janice Allen, the People National Party (PNP) candidate for St James Central, says her campaign team is being blocked from entering the Rose Heights community in the constituency by Jamaica Labour Party operatives, who are seeking to intimidate...
Janice Allen, the People National Party (PNP) candidate for St James Central, says her campaign team is being blocked from entering the Rose Heights community in the constituency by Jamaica Labour Party operatives, who are seeking to intimidate...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is advising National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners, who receive payments by direct deposit, that all pension arrears have now been disbursed to their bank accounts. It says pensioners will receive a...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has defended its planned move to increase the minimum wage, saying its not an afterthought but part of its plans to better the lives of Jamaicans amid improvements in the economy. Speaking at a press conference on...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Clarendon North Western, Warren Newby, has rejected what he says is People’s National Party (PNP) candidate Richard Azan's condescension when he appeared to compare him with a monkey at a recent political...
People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for Clarendon North Western, Richard Azan, is denying that he referred to Warren Newby, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the constituency, as a monkey in recent comments, arguing that his words...
“I never called him a monkey.” That’s the response from People's National Party candidate Richard Azan after backlash over a remark he made that allegedly compared Jamaica Labour Party rival Warren Newby to the animal.
More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labour force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analysed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A High Court judge has ruled that a 28-year-old murder convict does not have the right to keep his dreadlocks while serving his 35-year sentence.
People's National Party (PNP) campaign spokesperson Cleveland Tomlinson has accused the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of politicising the national minimum wage, asserting that the JLP is engaging in a desperate attempt to win over voters. Tomlinson...
A taxi driver was shot and killed this morning near the Kingston Public Hospital during an altercation with another driver.
Jamaica’s weeks of low homicide counts came to an end last week as 23 murders were recorded, the highest in recent weeks of single-digit killings.
A taxi man was fatally shot by a licensed firearm holder in the vicinity of the Kingston Public Hospital this morning. Commander of the police's Area Four, Senior Superintendent Michael Phipps, said he received reports about the incident around...
The National Water Commission (NWC) has introduced a special three-month amnesty for small business operators across Jamaica with outstanding water bills. The initiative, which will run from September 1 to November 30, is designed specifically...
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