The Opposition is demanding that the Government explain a $500 million drawdown from the Financial Services Commission at a time when the regulator’s finances were already deteriorating. Spokesman on Finance and the Public Service, Julian Robinson, says the decision is difficult to square with the Government’s current push for sharply higher regulatory fees. The matter […]

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Opposition Leader Mark Golding earned just under $40 million in 2024, according to his statutory declarations now certified by the Integrity Commission. The publication brings an end to months of speculation about the failure of the IC to certify the opposition leader’s filings for the period. Chevon Campbell has been going through the document. A […]

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A bill allowing the continued drawdown of approximately $60 billion from the National Housing Trust, NHT, to support the government’s budget for the current fiscal year 2026-2027 has passed in the Upper House. The Senate opened debate over the National Housing Trust Amendment Special Provisions Act, 2026, on Friday. Similar to the proceedings in the […]

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The youth arm of the governing Jamaica Labour Party, Young Jamaica, is demanding that opposition leader, Mark Golding, publicly account for why his 2024 statutory declaration remains uncertified by the Integrity Commission. In a statement, the group said Golding owes the Jamaican people a full and transparent explanation of the status of the declaration, which […]

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The government is pursuing an ambitious National Science, Technology and Innovation Strategic Plan to boost economic growth over the next decade. Portfolio minister, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, announced the plan dubbed the House of Innovation as part of his Sectoral Debate presentation on Tuesday. Chevon Campbell tells us more. Dr. Andrew Wheatley says for years the […]

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Members of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, PAC, clashed over the decision to allow a former member of the board of the University Hospital of the West Indies, UHWI, to appear before the body without invitation. At a recent sitting of the PAC, former UHWI board chairman, Wayne Chai Chong, appeared, accompanied by his then fellow […]

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Local government minister, Desmond McKenzie, has chided the veterans on the Opposition benches for failing to rein in the young People’s National Party, PNP, members of Parliament, MPs, who he says have disrespected House Speaker, Juliet Holness. At the start of his Sectoral Debate presentation, Minister McKenzie told the House he can find no justification […]

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The Local Government Ministry is spending hundreds of millions in the coming weeks to shore up readiness for the current hurricane season. Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie, made the announcements as part of his presentation in the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Daina Davy tells us more. While the country continues […]

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Jamaica’s economy came through Hurricane Melissa in far better shape than almost anyone expected. But the country’s fiscal watchdog is warning that the recovery is far from secure. That’s the picture from the latest report from the Fiscal Commission, the independent body tasked with oversight of government finances. Its assessment, covering the financial year that […]

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No recommendations for criminal charges has been made by the Integrity Commission into allegations of Corruption at the Firearm Licensing Authority. This despite the claim that the agency’s licensing database was deliberately manipulated to plant fabricated ammunition records against a gun dealer. The report was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Chevon Campbell […]

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