Parliament, Spectrum Management Authority face scrutiny from auditor general

The Houses of Parliament and the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) are currently under intense scrutiny as the Auditor General’s Department conducts two special audits of the legislative branch of government and the public body which is an agency of the …

Environmental Stewardship is Not Optional – G-G

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has called on Jamaicans to exercise environmental stewardship. Environmental stewardship is about actively using and protecting natural resources, ensuring their long-term sustainability. “ …

IDT awards sound and correct – Roberts

The overwhelming majority of awards of the Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) brought before the courts, including the United Kingdom-based Privy Council, over the last 50 years, have been upheld as sound and correct. Danny Roberts, deputy chairman of the …

US-based company acquires New Fortress Energy’s Jamaica operations

US-based Excelerate Energy announced Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of New Fortress Energy’s operations in Jamaica, marking a major step in its downstream expansion strategy in the Caribbean. Under the terms of the agreement, Excelerate has …

Kiwanis BUG programme launches new chapter for literacy in Kingston

The spirit of literacy and community engagement was alive and well at the Central Branch All-Age School in Kingston, as the Kiwanis Club of Caribbean Emerging Leaders, Jamaica, recently launched its highly anticipated Kiwanis BUG (Bring Up Grades) …

Charles Gordon Market Chosen as Labour Day Parish Project

The St. James Municipal Corporation will invest $7.7 million in community driven environmental projects for this year’s Labour Day on May 23, with a major focus on the Charles Gordon Market. Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, made the …

Diaspora group calls for public sex offender registry after murder of 9-year-old in Jamaica

A Florida-based Jamaican diaspora organization is calling for immediate legislative action following the brutal killing of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrington, whose death has sent shockwaves across the island and the diaspora community. The Female Development …

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Jamaica Evil to the elderly Group urges laws protecting seniors from abuse

BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) – CITING cases like that of an elderly man who was “found starving in his apartment” after his accounts were drained by his young lover, the “sexual abuse of older men by younger women who seduce them to …

TFG Marine Launches Jamaica Bunkering Service

The firm will supply at Kingston and on the north coast of Jamaica in partnership with local supplier Scott Petroleum from June 1. File Image / Pixabay Global marine fuel supplier and trading firm TFG Marine has launched a new physical supply operation …