Newly appointed Chairman of the Integrity Commission (IC), retired Justice Carol Lawrence-Beswick, has signalled that as head of the anti-corruption body she will dedicate herself to advancing the mission of a corruption-free Jamaica. Responding to...
With financing from a key international funding agency recently coming to a halt, Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) says it is banking on corporate Jamaica to support its plans to monitor the general election due this year....
As the 2025-2026 Budget Debate comes to a close today, one financial analyst wants Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams to comment on two critical issues, including the current wage bill. Financial analyst Dr Adrian Stokes said...
Two former elderly employees of the now defunct Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO), who together contributed nearly 40 years of service to that institution, are, today, in dismay after going on retirement early last year and being told that...
While welcoming the parliamentary Opposition’s proposal to waive taxes for three years for new players in the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises sector if it forms the next government, an association comprising young entrepreneurs said...
President of the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) Garnett Reid has welcomed the $2 billion announced by the finance minister to fund start-ups and small businesses but noted that more was needed to assist the sector. In her opening...
At least two economists are of the view that Fayval Williams, the minister of finance and the public service, should provide a forecast of how the Government intends to steer the country towards economic growth in the wake of two consecutive...
The silence of the nine commissioners of the Electoral Office of Jamaica (ECJ), in their role as political ombudsman since they accepted the responsibility to police the political code of conduct, has not escaped the attention of the woman who...
Errol Greene, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has been given a deadline of this week to submit to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament a “realistic” timespan for submitting an 11-year backlog of...
With Harmonisation Limited projecting a net loss of $122 million for financial year 2025-2026, the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service says the company will continue to collaborate with stakeholders on the overall development plan for the...
A little more than $1.5 billion has been allocated in the 2025-26 Estimates of Expenditure for children’s homes that receive youngsters placed by the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). Privately operated children’s homes currently...
While Jamaica remains stagnant at 44 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2024, making it the third most corrupt country in the English-speaking Caribbean, at least four territories in the region have registered...
Despite a raft of recommendations from civil society groups, the Financial Investigation Division (FID), and the Integrity Commission (IC) for a tweaking or removal of the so-called ‘gag clause’ in the IC legislation, some lawmakers are adamant...
Jamaica’s policymakers have been urged to closely monitor the country’s shifting demographic trends and take proactive measures to implement comprehensive policies addressing the growing needs of the elderly population, specifically those aged 65...
The failure of several municipal corporations to submit financial statements with audit evidence, and other records to support transactions and account balances in the handling of billions of taxpayers’ money, has resulted in Auditor General Pamela...
Sensitive data in at least six police station diaries containing information of cases involving hundreds and possibly thousands of children were left exposed in an abandoned building on Ruthven Road in St Andrew that previously housed the...
The absence of sufficient and appropriate audit evidence to verify $295.5 million in journal adjustments at the Export Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has been flagged as a concern by the auditor general. Auditor...
More than 50 workers at bauxite-alumina producer Jamalco were sent home last week as part of a redundancy exercise. The Gleaner has been informed that 56 employees, including hourly and monthly paid workers as well as personnel at the managerial...
Decrying the high lending rates commercial banks offer to players in the small business sector, despite consecutive reductions in policy interest rates last year by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), president of the Small Businesses Association of Jamaica...
Principal Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA) Danielle Archer is arguing that without increased public pressure and awareness about the importance of having anti-bribery laws and unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) in Jamaica, these...
Jamaica’s single anti-corruption body has found that a Beverly Hills town house constructed by Estatebridge, a company linked to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his business partner Norman Brown, has breached the building permit issued by the...
Carvel McBean leaned on his crutches in front of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) yesterday, even as he contemplated his next move after prematurely being sent home by hospital officials in the wake of a sickout by junior doctors. McBean...
The Auditor General’s Department in 2020 flagged the lack of supporting documents for money spent under the Office of the Prime Minister’s (OPM) Youth Employment in Digital and Animation Industries (YEDAI) Project. On November 29, 2024, the Major...
Member of Parliament for St Andrew Western Anthony Hylton has reported that the base of the Sandy Gully and its reinforced concrete walls, on both sides of the gully, have been breached in the wake of the recent heavy rainfall. Hylton told members...
Nearly $4 million in relief supplies meant for Jamaicans affected by local disasters have been lost due to inadequate storage facilities at sites managed by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). A performance audit...
