WESTERN BUREAU: At least one Spanish investor has put on hold plans to construct a hotel, and two others have diverted their attention from Jamaica, as the Spaniards take a wait-and-see attitude to the country's investment climate. The Gleaner has

With Colonel Trevor MacMillan ascending to the post of minister of national security, the 2006 Jamaica Labour Party-sponsored anti-crime study will now figure prominently.Titled 'Road Map to Safety', the report made a raft of recommendations aimed at arresting...

A FLORIDA man awaiting sentencing for illegally exporting military items to the United Arab Emirates is facing new federal charges after prosecutors say they discovered evidence of a deal to sell ammunition to Jamaica.Permanent secretary in the Ministry...

The minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister could have stepped down to make room for Derrick Smith, University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer and political commentator Richard Crawford says. At the same time, Opposition Leader

Western Bureau: Several senior investigators and divisional crime officers have been reshuffled as part of the plan to put a tighter grip on the country's escalating crime problem. More than 560 people have been killed since January.

Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Maria Jones, yesterday shot down claims that she had been transferred to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service because of a strained relationship with staff members in the education ministry....

The leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is closing ranks today in the face of growing criticism of its handling of the change in leadership of the national security ministry. Several callers to The Gleaner and to radio talk

Minister of National Security Colonel Trevor MacMillan begins his first full day in office today, in his quest to push a multifaceted approach to crime. Minutes after being sworn in as a senator and Cabinet minister yesterday, MacMillan told the

Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has dismissed claims that he is unhappy with the appointment of Colonel Trevor MacMillan as minister of national security - a leading role to a man with a lower Jamaica Defence Force (JDF)

MINISTER OF Industry, Investments and Commerce Karl Samuda has announced the establishment of a community-production enterprise. The initiative, which falls under the Incubator and Community Production Enterprises Project, was announced during Samuda's...