Workers at Scotiabank are threatening industrial action if their demands for a better pay offer from management is not met. President of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, BITU, Kavan Gayle says it can no longer be business as usual. The employees are upset that after securing net profit of over $20 billion for the last […]

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Lawmakers are to deliberate on potential further oversight for the Integrity Commission. The topic came up for discussion on Thursday during a meeting of the joint select committee reviewing the Integrity Commission Act. However, a proposal to create the post of Inspector General as a further check on the Integrity Commission was met with scepticism […]

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The legal battle over the removal of People’s National Party, PNP, political signs in St. James is heating up. Lawyers for mayor of Montego Bay, Richard Vernon, are pushing back against a request from the Political Ombudsman to explain the removal of opposition campaign posters in the parish. They are questioning the legal grounds on […]

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The Ministry of Energy is concerned that the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, could mount a legal challenge over potential selling of excess electricity among companies operating in the Special Economic Zone, SEZ. The issue is outlined in a brief provided by the ministry to the Joint Select Committee reviewing the Electricity Act. According to […]

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Lecturer and unit coordinator for the Social Work Programme at the University of the West Indies, Sandra Latibeaudiere, wants the age at which an individual is considered elderly to be standardised. Ms. Latibeaudiere says there is need for legislation that protects the elderly from being exploited through predatory marriages. Sandra Latibeaudiere, lecturer and unit coordinator […]

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A special audit has raised serious concerns about the distribution of millions of dollars in fertiliser by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, RADA, and whether it reached the farmers it was meant to help. The performance audit was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Shaloy Smikle tells us more. The audit covered the […]

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The Caribbean Community of Retired Persons, CCRP, wants tougher penalties and better monitoring to combat the abuse of the nation’s elderly. CCRP Founder, Jean Lowrie Chin, says there are several instances of elderly individuals suffering physical and financial abuse due to their vulnerabilities. She outlined her case before a Senate Select Committee discussing the creation […]

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Thousands of Jamaican families waiting to be registered for the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education, PATH, are set to start receiving the state welfare benefits this financial year. That’s according to Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr. PATH is a conditional cash transfer programme administered by the social security ministry. […]

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Opposition spokesman on energy, Phillip Paulwell, is accusing the government of failing to make the requisite preparation for upcoming licence negotiations with the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS. The renegotiation of the JPS licence is set run into 2027. Paulwell says these discussions will be critical in transforming the Jamaican economy and improving living conditions. […]

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Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles Jr., makes his contribution to the 2025/26 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (May 13). (Mark Bell/JIS) Thousands of elderly Jamaicans currently benefiting from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education, PATH, are to be transitioned to the social pension scheme. Minister of […]

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