Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles is calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her Government to reconsider their move to double the fines for certain traffic offences and increase the ...

The Government’s move to increase fines, customs duties and business-related levies has drawn mixed reactions from the business community, with stakeholders largely acknowledging the need for revenue ...

A 40-year-old man died after a fire destroyed his two-storey home in Point Fortin on Sunday night. Police said the blaze broke out shortly after 9.10 pm at a board-and-concrete house along Reid Road ...

Fire Officer Bruce Lezama, attached to the Ambulance Section North, has been reported missing, according to Fire Service Association Second Division president Keone Guy. Lezama was scheduled to report ...

The Tobago People’s Party (TPP) is reaffirming its promise not to cut jobs of CEPEP and URP workers in Tobago, as was done to thousands of people in Trinidad. According to the party, the People’s ...

Former minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan says the Government’s new traffic fine regime is not focused on changing the culture of drivers, warning that the policy prioritises revenue ...

The international ratings agency, Moody’s, has upgraded Jamaica’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Ba3 from B1, changing the outlook to stable from positive. The upgrade reflects a ...

A 45-year-old driver was kidnapped and robbed during a vehicle viewing in Barataria yesterday. The victim reported that he was instructed to take a Nissan NP300 van advertised for sale on Facebook ...

Third Schedule officers in the Teaching Service, including school supervisors and guidance officers within the Student Support Division, are calling on Minister of Finance Davendranath Tancoo and ...

The State has been ordered to pay over $850,000 in compensation to a 45-year-old Nigerian man, who was shot by police while being evacuated from the Immigration Detention Centre in Aripo during a fire ...

Classes continue as normal today at the San Juan North Secondary School after a fire ignited in one of the classrooms on Block C on Wednesday. Acting Chief Fire Officer Andy Hutchinson said the matter ...

While COVID-19 cases continue to soar in this fourth wave with an average of 470 new infections daily, president of the National Nursing Association Idi Stuart says over 100 nurses have left their ...