The Customs Brokers And Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica (CBFFAJ) has moved quickly to address anxieties among its members and clients in the wake of the decision by DHL Jamaica to change its shipment routing and clearance location on...
WESTERN BUREAU: Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang says the Government might need to review the approval process for funds to be acquired from the Public Investment and Appraisal Branch (PIAB) for community-level projects, saying that, without...
A healthcare mission drawn from the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas will arrive in the island on September 3 for a 10-day visit. The more than 30 healthcare professionals, headed by Dr Robert Clarke, chief medical adviser for the...
WESTERN BUREAU: The man credited with being the backbone of the Caribbean economy, Zane Kerby, was recognised by Caribbean tourism ministers at the start of the ASTA Caribbean Showcase at Sandals Southcoast on August 24. Kerby, president and CEO of...
The national minimum wage will be doubled to $32,000 per 40-hour work week over "the next few years" starting next year if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retains state power, JLP Leader Dr Andrew Holness has announced. The national minimum wage...
The national minimum wage will be doubled to $32,000 per 40-hour work week over “the next few years” starting next year if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retains state power, JLP Leader Dr Andrew Holness has announced. The national minimum wage...
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding says he is not surprised by the latest Don Anderson poll that show his party slightly ahead of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, arguing that the JLP is desperate to maintain power. Golding was...
Julian Robinson, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) candidate for St. Andrew South Eastern, says that Jamaica has failed to grow as a nation because there are not enough well-educated persons to fill the jobs that are available. Addressing...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness gifted his '1PM' sweatshirt to veteran entertainer Mr Vegas during a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mass rally in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Sunday. The gesture came after the entertainer, born Clifford Smith,...
The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Damion Crawford says a PNP government will make skills training a central part of its education agenda by introducing vocational labs in schools across Jamaica. Speaking at a PNP mass rally in Sam Sharpe Square...
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) campaign chairman Dr Christopher Tufton has dismissed as false a message posted on social media claiming he has been removed from the position. “I and I still deh yah representing Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Labour...
Former People’s National Party (PNP) President and Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Peter Phillips, has given his backing to party leader Mark Golding and the PNP’s proposal to increase the income tax threshold to $3.5 million....
Calling the health sector shoddy, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) spokesperson on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, is urging uncommitted voters to choose change, arguing that the PNP will bring better management to the country’s healthcare system....
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will follow through with plans to construct bypass roads in several major towns if it retains state power after Wednesday’s general election, minister with responsibility for works, Robert Morgan, has pledged....
People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St James Central, Janice Allen, has pledged to restore Montego Bay’s middle class and create opportunities for small business operators, including street vendors, to thrive in a fairer economy in the...
The Jamaica Labour Party's representative in Kingston Western, Desmond McKenzie, says the JLP is not afraid as it faces electors on Wednesday, even as he urged supporters to transfer the energy at Sunday's mass rally in St Catherine to the ballot...
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