Petrojam has revised its tiered pricing structure, capping the maximum movement in ex-refinery prices for diesel at $12.50 per litre. The state-owned refinery says the move is to strengthen Jamaica’s energy security against shocks in the global oil market. It follows an announcement months ago of a potential change in the pricing structure for fuel […]

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Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, has rejected calls for Justices of the Peace, JPs, to be paid for their service. As part of his Sectoral Debate presentation in Parliament on Wednesday, Minister Chuck says this must remain voluntary. The call for JPs to be paid was made by Opposition Spokesperson on Justice, Zuleika Jess. She described […]

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Member of Parliament for North Central Clarendon, Robert Morgan, is taking the PNP to task for suggesting a potential easing up on the Zones of Special Operations for having had no active hand in the current reduction in murders. MP Morgan was making his contribution to the debate seeking to extend the Zones of Special […]

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Energy Minister, Daryl Vaz, says while the cause of Friday night’s island-wide blackout has still not been pinned down, compensation for consumers must be considered. In a statement to Parliament on Wednesday, the minister says the preliminary report from the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, laid out how the grid collapsed but could not say […]

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Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Delroy Chuck, has called on parliamentarians to support the move to have the country’s final appellate court be in Jamaica. He made the appeal during his Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. It’s the first definitive position given by the government on its potential next steps […]

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Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Richard Byles, has defended his tenure at the helm of the country’s main financial institution despite a tumultuous period in terms of economic pressures. Byles, who is set to demit office in August after seven years in the top job, gave what is expected to be his final account […]

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The auditor general has flagged serious weaknesses in how the National Water Commission manages the billions it spends on the country’s water infrastructure. A new performance audit from Pamela Monroe Ellis finds the commission repeatedly spent less than it budgeted and breached the law on financial reporting. The report was tabled in the House of […]

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The government is rolling out a programme to regularise squatters as it clamps down on informal settlements. Minister with responsibility for Land Titling, Robert Montague, made the announcement as part of his Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Chevon Campbell tells us more. Jamaica has approximately 750 informal settlements, home to […]

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The country is facing a stretch of higher-than-target inflation over the next two years. That’s according to the Bank of Jamaica, BOJ, Quarterly Monetary Policy Report, covering January to March 2026. In it, the Central Bank concedes that its outlook is now clouded by an unusually high degree of uncertainty, driven by the conflict in […]

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