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SHANEIL Francis was all smiles on Tuesday when she received the key to a brand new house after last year witnessing the demolition of the house she was working hard to build. In October last yea...

MEMBER of Parliament for St Catherine Southern, Fitz Jackson is questioning why only one person from the group of individuals in Clifton, St Catherine, whose homes were demolished in October 2022,...

OPPOSITION members of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) of Parliament have charged that a comprehensive plan to improve solid waste management across Jamaica needs to b...

THERE HAS been a 22-year delay in drafting “critical” regulations to support the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Act, resulting in a failure in policy to mandate garbage separation. Added to that, Jamaica’s ban on single-use...

Kimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter A QUESTION by opposition legislator Fitz Jackson about the origin of a proposal outlining boundary changes in Portmore from the Local Government Ministry triggered intense exchanges at yesterday’s meeting of...

February 28, 2024 has been set for a full day’s sitting to take further submissions in the suit brought by veteran lawmaker, Fitz Jackson against Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) over the encashment fees cha...

THE Central Bank of Belize said it is considering new laws which will give credit unions in that country greater leeway to compete with commercial banks, as people in that nation complains that dw...

CHAIRMAN OF the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) Mikael Phillips has urged the administration to step up its efforts to recruit more social workers to effectively administer the Programme of Advancement Through Health and...

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) officially named its mayoral candidate for Portmore at the St Catherine South constituency conference held at the Belmont Primary School on Sunday. Businessman Delroy Dobney, who lost to the People’s National Party (...

Disgruntled residents from the Dunbeholden community in St Catherine have taken to the streets to protest poor road conditions in the surrounding areas.  Among them was Shelly-Ann Barnes, a resident of Gilbert Lane who says...