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04 Nov, 2026 0

MERCY PLEA - PS appeals for lenience for RADA staff as auditor general stands firm on $64.7m fertiliser surcharge

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Dermon Spence on Tuesday appealed for leniency for two employees facing a $64-million surcharge over 11,121 bags of fertiliser donated by Morocco to…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding
04 Nov, 2026 0

Golding denies being pushed during Parliament confrontation, calls for McKenzie to apologise

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is rejecting claims that he was pushed during Tuesday's confrontation between Opposition member of Parliament (MP) Mikael Phillips and Government MP Desmond…
Floyd Green, leader of government business in the House of Representatives.
04 Nov, 2026 0

Opposition erupts as Green moves to shut down Cuba vote censure debate

In a move that appeared to catch the parliamentary Opposition off guard, Leader of Government Business Floyd Green last evening called for a critical debate on an Opposition motion to censure the…
A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of four communities in Clarendon amid concerns about possible retaliatory attacks following Monday’s fatal shooting of 73-year-old Rainford Bailey in Scotts Pass.
04 Nov, 2026 0

Clarendon police impose 48-hour curfew in four communities amid fears of retaliatory attacks

The Clarendon police have imposed a 48-hour curfew in sections of four communities amid concerns about possible retaliatory attacks following Monday’s fatal shooting of a 73-year-old man in Scotts…
The Jamaica Labour Party has condemned the conduct of People’s National Party members during Tuesday’s heated parliamentary sitting, calling for sanctions against Opposition MPs Mikael Phillips and Angela Brown Burke over what it described as unparliam
04 Nov, 2026 0

JLP, Senate president and G2K condemn Opposition MPs’ conduct in Parliament; call for sanctions against Phillips and Brown Burke

The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson and Generation 2000 (G2K) are condemning the conduct of Opposition parliamentarians Mikael Phillips and Dr Angela Brown…