The Government is calling for deeper cooperation across the Americas to confront transnational crime and build stronger regional security resilience. The call comes from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. Horace Chang. He was addressing the 17th Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas in Cusco, Peru, on Wednesday. Chevon Campbell, tells […]

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A new business survey is urging the government to change its approach to rebuilding Black River in St Elizabeth. It’s calling for an end to what it describes as top-down policy announcements and for local officials and community groups to be brought into the process. The recommendations are outlined in a survey commissioned by the […]

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Staff are leaving the Integrity Commission at the highest rate in its history, and the anti-corruption body is pointing to uncompetitive pay, a high-stress work environment, and leadership challenges over the past year. The details are in the Commission’s newly tabled annual report, which records a staff turnover rate of 19 percent. Chevon Campbell tells […]

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Member of Parliament for South West St. Andrew, Dr. Angela Brown-Burke, is reminding parliamentarians and public officials that they have a higher duty to integrity than private citizens. Dr. Brown-Burke was speaking during Thursday’s meeting of the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee, where some government MPs raised concerns over the depth of scrutiny often imposed by […]

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Fewer than two in every hundred businesses in Black River are insured and eight months after Hurricane Melissa, not one of them has been paid. That’s among the findings of a survey conducted among businesses in the St Elizabeth capital following the passage of the category five system. Daina Davy reports. The Black River Business […]

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Chairman of the Integrity Commission Oversight Committee, Pearnel Charles Junior, gave an impassioned plea that the committee guard against what he calls the potential of prosecution turning into persecution as it relates to the work of the anti-corruption body. Charles Junior was speaking during the Oversight Committee’s meeting on Thursday. The call follows at least […]

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Chief Executive Officer of Barita Investments Limited, Senator Ramon Small-Ferguson, is banking on collaborations between government and the private sector to drive growth in the coming years. Speaking at Barita’s 48th Annual General Meeting on Thursday, Small-Ferguson notes that Jamaica’s recovery could take a few years. He believes the make-or-break factor will be the implementation […]

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Government Senator Marlon Morgan, is welcoming the settlement in which People’s National Party General Secretary, Dr. Dayton Campbell, has apologised to three Jamaica Labour Party figures for comments he made. Dr. Campbell has apologised to Cabinet Minister Daryl Vaz, West St. Thomas MP, James Robertson, and former St. Ann North Western MP, Othneil Lawrence each […]

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People’s National Party General Secretary, Dr. Dayton Campbell, has agreed to publicly apologise to Cabinet Minister Daryl Vaz and to pay $1.5 million in costs, settling a defamation claim Vaz brought against him nearly three years ago. The voluntary out-of-court settlement was signed on Wednesday. It closes the matter that began in 2023, after Dr. […]

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The heads of four of the world’s leading economic and energy bodies say the global economy has, so far, weathered the shock of the war in the Middle East. However, they are warning that the danger is far from over. And for an oil-importing country like Jamaica, the stakes are high. Mahiri Stewart tells us […]

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