Deputy Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, says that having the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) assume the responsibilities of the Political Ombudsman is in the nation’s interest. He said the Government believes that there is greater benefit from having the ECJ, with nine individuals drawn from different segments of the society, applying...

Director of Elections, Glasspole Brown, has advised that special service electors will vote on February 22, ahead of the February 26 Local Government Elections. This group comprises members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Jamaica Defence Force and Election Day Workers. Under the Representation of the People Act, provisions are made for these electors to vote three days before the rest...

The multibillion-dollar Sun Coast Beach Club in Bull Bay, St. Thomas, is shaping up to be a “fantastic development” and is an indicator of the significant investor interest in the parish, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Mr. Holness delivered the main address at the opening ceremony of the residential development on Tuesday (February 6), right after officially...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (February 6) opened the four-lane highway from Harbour View to Yallahs Bridge in St. Thomas, which he has dubbed “a corridor of development”. The 17-kilometre (km) roadway represents Part B (ii) of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP), a flagship programme of the Government. Delivering the keynote address at the...

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (February 6), passed the Political Ombudsman (Amendment) Act, 2024, which will provide for the Office of the Political Ombudsman to be integrated into the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ). The office of the Political Ombudsman in Jamaica has been vacant since November 15, 2022. In a statement to the House of Representatives, Minister of...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is prudently managed, with strong internal mechanisms in place to protect the resources of its contributors, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. Speaking in Beckford Kraal, Clarendon, on Friday (February 2) where he handed over a two-bedroom house to a family under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), the Prime Minister assured that...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams, delivers a message during Sunday’s (February 4) church service to commence the observance of Career Development Awareness Week under the theme: ‘Expanding Our Horizon: Respecting the Journey through Career Development’. The service was held at Emanuel Apostolic Church in Kingston.    

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has hailed the IKONWORK job recruitment platform as a game changer for the local labour market. She noted that the online portal, which uses advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to connect jobseekers to the head-hunting community, will be particularly attractive to today’s technology savvy...

Arrangements are in place to allow public-sector workers who are National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagors to receive contribution refunds in cash during the current application period. Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Dwayne Berbick, says refunds would previously have been credited to individuals’ mortgage accounts. “If the mortgagors prefer not to take it as cash in hand...