JFJ wants pre-charge bail provision removed from proposed Bail Act
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Proven takes equity stake in new payments company
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A newly launched payments company, ECHE, is hoping to revolutionise the cash and payments industries, starting with Jamaica’s automated teller machine (ATM) network.
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has acquired 25 new vehicles valued at $176 million, which will allow for quicker response to incidents and the patrolling of Jamaica’s streets.
No mercy for delinquent traffic ticket holders - Chuck mulls night court to facilitate payments
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Adamant that law and order must be maintained, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has scoffed at calls for a "payment plan" by delinquent motorists who have failed to pay their outstanding traffic tickets.
Murdered social media influencer 'Slickianna' laid to rest
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Dressed in white in a casket adorned with her photographs, social media personality Aneka "Slickiana" Townsend looked the part of a "precious gem," a description used on her funeral programme.
Taxi operators threaten second strike in a month
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Former Petrojam GM had access to company's US account four years after leaving oil-refinery
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Four years after parting ways with Petrojam, former general manager of the state-owned oil refinery, Floyd Grindley, still had access to the entity's bank account valued at over US$18 million.
Acorrectional officer at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in Kingston is under investigation after he was held with contraband on Tuesday.
Eight Florida residents plead guilty to cocaine charges in Jamaica
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Eight Americans were convicted for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act when they appeared before the St Ann Parish Court on Tuesday, November 29.
The United States Government will be increasing its investment in Jamaica with some US$34 million committed to violence reduction, combatting human trafficking, cybersecurity, energy security, and initiatives to boost the economy.
Gov't mulling new SOE's after current ones end tonight
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PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says he will be watching carefully to see if the crime rate will rise after the states of public emergency (SOEs), which he declared on November 15, end today.
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Guard says Patterson told him he killed 'Slickianna' — prosecutor
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MONTEGO BAY, St James — The prosecution told the court on Monday that Rushawn Patterson had told security guard Rohan "Early B" Rose that he killed social media influencer Aneka "Slickianna" Townsend, but Rose's lawyer has called into question the level of his client's culpability after that conversation took place.
Bunting doubles down on PNP's non-support for States of Emergency
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Peter Bunting has insisted that the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) was following the tenets of the Jamaica Constitution when senators under his column voted against an extension of the latest state of emergency last Friday.
Declare more states of emergency, O'Brien Chang urges Holness
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One of Jamaica’s leading businessmen and public commentators, Kevin O’Brien Chang, is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare states of emergency (SOEs) for another 14 days when the current SOEs that were declared for seven parishes on November 15, expire on Tuesday.
What's next? PNP votes down extension of State of Emergency
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Opposition senators on Friday dealt a major blow to the Government’s main crime-fighting tool when all eight of them voted against extending the states of emergency (SOEs) that were declared for seven parishes by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on November 15.