Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson walks out at chamber at Gordon House for the last time with a bouquet of flowers presented to her by Dr Peter Phillips, her successor as leader of the Opposition following yesterday's tributes. (Photo: Michael Gordon) FORMER Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday urged her colleagues in Parliament to [...]

Meanwhile, Davis Whyte says the JCTU is seeking to have an actuarial study to determine the required contribution to make the pension scheme viable. The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is hoping trade unionists in the Senate will help in its fight to have the Government contribute to the public sector pension scheme [...]

The World Bank is to review its country strategy for Jamaica as its board of management prepares to approve a two-year extension to its support programme for the island. Country manager, Galina Sotirova, yesterday said Jamaica has made significant gains in key areas over the four years of its support programme. Most notably, Sotirova [...]

Smoke billows again from the chimneys at Alpart, Nain, after nearly eight years of closure. ONE telephone call from Prime Minister Andrew Holness shortly after midday yesterday may have ended the most painful economic period for residents of Nain, St Elizabeth, as smoke billowed again from the town's bauxite/alumina plant for the fist time [...]

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (left) is all smiles as he presents Paulette Murray (left) of Philadelphia with a bouquet of flowers as he welcomes her as the historic one millionth stop-over visitor to the island for the year to date. Enjoying the moment is her husband Henry.   Jamaica's tourism industry marked a [...]

The opening of the new ALPART/JISCO Alumina Refinery in Nain, St Elizabeth this morning brings a ray of hope to an industry which has been losing its impact on the economy, after decades of being a top performer for Jamaica. Minister of Transport and Mining Mike Henry says that he is excited about the [...]

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret was expected to dump heavy rain over Venezuela's east coast and the southeastern Caribbean late Monday as it moved west across the region, forecasters said. The storm's eye was located about 125 miles (200 kilometres) southeast of Trinidad Monday evening. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph [...]

At Saturday's of thanksgiving for singer Paul 'Frankie Paul' Blake, Minister of Culture, Entertainment, Sport and Gender Affairs Olvia Grange was at one point hopping mad. "A farewell service is the celebration of an artiste, the life of a musician or writer or composer. But in most instances it's not that I am sad about [...]

Earl Jarrett, chief executive officer of the Jamaica National Group, has called on members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States of America (USA) to increase their lobbying efforts to change a detrimental new remittance tax proposal In April, The Border Wall Funding Act (2017) was introduced in the US Congress, which proposes to impose a two [...]