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Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby. - File photo.
December 10, 2025

KSAMC divisions to get $2.5 million each for December employment programme

Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has announced that each division of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has been allocated $2.5 million towards an employment-generation programme for…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness making his keynote address at the Topping Out Ceremony for Tower One at The Pinnacle Montego Bay in St James on December 10, 2025.
December 10, 2025

Holness appeals to Chinese contractors to help build affordable housing

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has challenged Chinese contractors to use their expertise to help Jamaica build affordable housing, saying the country cannot celebrate luxury construction while…
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December 10, 2025

Gas prices down

Motorists will pay less for gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.03 to sell for $152.32 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.04…
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December 10, 2025

$80 million cyber theft at NCB, four suspects arrested by MOCA

Four persons were arrested this morning as part of an investigation into the alleged theft of over $80 million from the National Commercial Bank (NCB). The operation involved personnel from the Major…
George William Gordon House in downtown Kingston.
December 10, 2025

Auditor General raises flags with $24-million contract awarded by Houses of Parliament to renovate lounge

A $1-million discount granted by a bidder to the Houses of Parliament, which later awarded the firm a $24-million contract, undermined the “integrity and transparency” of the procurement process, an…
Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby. - File photo.
December 10, 2025

Kingston mayor says KSAMC losing money covering central government expenses

Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby says the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has been forced to fund salary expenses that are the responsibility of the central Government, leaving a…
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December 10, 2025

Gas prices down

Motorists will pay less for gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $2.03 to sell for $152.32 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $2.04…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams
December 10, 2025

Disaster relief honorarium to employees to be tax exempt

Cabinet has approved amendments to the Income Tax Act to facilitate a regime that allows for a non-taxable treatment of disaster relief honorarium made by employers to employees during periods in…
Allen Patrick Constable was fined $2 million or 24 months in prison for trafficking cocaine; $1 million or 12 months in prison for possession of cocaine; and $290,644 for the offence of using premises for the storage of drugs
December 10, 2025

Update | Judge refuses bail to St Catherine man charged for allegedly selling rented motor car

A St Catherine judge today refused bail to a man charged with larceny for allegedly selling a car he had rented, after it was revealed that he has several convictions for larceny. The court was…