Peter Bunting has insisted that the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) was following the tenets of the Jamaica Constitution when senators under his column voted against an extension of the latest state of emergency last Friday.
Read more: Bunting doubles down on PNP's non-support for States of Emergency
One of Jamaica’s leading businessmen and public commentators, Kevin O’Brien Chang, is urging Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare states of emergency (SOEs) for another 14 days when the current SOEs that were declared for seven parishes on November 15, expire on Tuesday.
Read more: Declare more states of emergency, O'Brien Chang urges Holness
Opposition senators on Friday dealt a major blow to the Government’s main crime-fighting tool when all eight of them voted against extending the states of emergency (SOEs) that were declared for seven parishes by Prime Minister Andrew Holness on November 15.
Read more: What's next? PNP votes down extension of State of Emergency
Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace, is encouraging young persons to play their part and help build a better Jamaica.
Read more: TEF head calls on young people to help build a better Jamaica
Police have intensified their search for Nesta Morrison, the man who now heads the country's most wanted list, after they raided a place believed to be one of his hideouts in St Thomas on Thursday.
Read more: Guns, 120 rounds of ammo seized as cops raid most wanted man's hideout