The Jamaica Debates Commission has been “meeting more frequently of late” in anticipation that a general election will be called soon, Noel daCosta, its chairman, has confirmed. Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to announce the election...
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has granted an extension to residents of Standpipe, St Andrew, who have failed to regularise their power supply and upgrade on to a new monitoring and billing system. An ultimatum of Friday, August 7 had...
With this being his first time he will be on the ballot, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique challenge to prospective People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for Clarendon South Western Lothan Cousins as he looks to present himself to as many...
Lothan Cousins, the man set to replace Noel Arscott on the ballot in Clarendon South Western for the People’s National Party (PNP), has insisted that his party’s superior political machinery on the ground will ensure the seat remains in its winning...
Although facing an uphill task to overturn the more than 1,788-vote margin the People’s National Party (PNP) won Clarendon South Western by in 2016, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer there has declared his readiness to contest the...
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) standard-bearer in Clarendon South Western, Kent Gammon, has accused three-term Member of Parliament Noel Arscott of taking for granted the constituency’s supposed loyalty to the People’s National Party (PNP). Gammon...
A ding-dong battle could be shaping up in Clarendon South Western, one of the strongest and most consistent seats for the People’s National Party (PNP) in the parish, as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) looks to bag the seat being vacated by Noel...
A St Ann man is now in police custody facing murder charges after he allegedly set his wife ablaze on Emancipation Day. The woman identified as 31-year-old Racquel Rattray, died today. The St Ann’s Bay Police say about midnight on August...
Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley declared late Monday night that his ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) has won the 2020 general election. Rowley said that the PNM had won 22 of the 41 seats at stake. NOW:...
One woman and seven men today tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the overall tally to 1,031. The Health Ministry said four of the new cases were imported from Nicaragua and two from the USA. The other two are in Kingston and St Andrew...
A probe has been launched by police detectives into the brazen murder of a fish vendor on Sunday morning in downtown Kingston. The police reported that 53-year-old Theodora ‘Linda’ Edwards, from New Harbour Village, St Catherine, was vending at...
The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Mark Malabver is dismissing claims that he was forced to abandon his prospective candidacy in the race against the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) James Robertson for the St Thomas Western seat. The PNP announced...
WESTERN BUREAU: Five working days have turned into two months and no visible end in sight for craft merchants who were promised ‘We Care’ grants by the Government as the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions walloped the Jamaican economy. The group of...
A Kingston bishop has rebuked fellow pastors for sacrificing the health of Jamaicans by undermining coronavirus laws for financial gain. Bishop Tony Cousins, of the Christian Worship Centre on Orange Street in Kingston, said on Sunday that he was...
The public and symbolic signing of a pledge against corruption is not critical to the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which has said that its focus is on ensuring that action is taken against public officials for the abuse of public office. It...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is expected to call the general election for the week before the new academic year starts on September 7. Party insiders say the likeliest dates are September 2 or 3 in the narrow window to avoid interrupting the...
A cliffhanger is expected when the final votes are tallied this evening in the Trinidad and Tobago general election. However, a number of political pundits give Dr Keith Rowley’s incumbent People’s National Movement (PNM) the slight edge over the...
Labourites vexed at Holness no-show in Cold Spring Disgruntled residents in Cold Spring, Hanover Eastern, hung their heads in dismay on Saturday afternoon and lashed out at Prime Minister Andrew Holness for failing to turn up for the official...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reportedly told members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP's) Central Executive that an election announcement will be made very soon. This has further heightened speculation that the announcement could be made...
The Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has released a statement deploring last week’s murder of one of its lecturers. NCU Associate Professor Dr Gordon Lightbourn was last week found at his Sedbergh, Christiana home with what appeared to be...
A St Catherine barber has been rushed to hospital after receiving several shots then falling from the third floor of a plaza in Port Henderson, Portmore in the parish. The St Catherine South Police are now processing the scene. Shortly before 11 a....
An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Nickeival Harrison of Bogue Village in Montego Bay, St James. The police say Harrison has been missing since Saturday, August 8. She is of dark complexion, slim build and is about 4 feet 9...
Given the current upward movement in the number of cases of the coronavirus locally, there are concerns that some Jamaicans – possibly entire communities – could be under government health quarantine orders, restricting their movement and their...
The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has locked seven key seats now held by the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in its cross hairs as it gets ready to up the tempo as the campaign for the next general election begins to heat up....
Superintendent Leon Ernest Clunis was “destined for greatness” was the constant refrain as relatives, friends and colleagues yesterday paid their final respects to the man who served for 29 years in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The...
