The probe follows public concerns about the $1.4 billion acquisition. The Government imported buses from the United States ahead of the reopening of schools for the 2025/26 academic year.

With 900 colorectal/colon cancer cases being recorded in Jamaica annually, citizens are being reminded to get screened for the disease. The call was renewed by Regional Priority Non-Communicable Disease and Family Health Coordinator with the Western Regional Health Authority, Dr. Marcia Johnson Campbell.  It comes amid the observation of March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

This was announced by the Toll Authority in a post on Instagram. The initiative, introduced on November 10 last year, allowed vehicles transporting humanitarian aid and essential supplies to travel toll-free, enabling the efficient delivery of support to affected communities.

Vice President of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), Rudolph Thomas has called on the Financial Services Commission, (FSC) to provide urgent assistance to former workers of the Decameron Ramada All-inclusive resort, in St. Ann, in relation to the payment of monies owed to them.  The workers were let go during a redundancy exercise at the hotel, last July.

The multi-agency, intelligence-led operations were conducted by agents from the Westmoreland Division, the Specialised Operations Branch, the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, the Area 1 Fugitive Apprehension Team, the Transport Authority, the Island Traffic Authority and the Jamaica Defence Force.The teams targeted areas such as Savanna-La-Mar, Frome, Bethel Town, Morgans Bridge, Little London and Whithorn.