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Minister of Finance, Fayval Williams.
March 5, 2026

No details yet on digital services to be taxed

Despite aiming to collect $300 million by applying General Consumption Tax (GCT) to digital services, Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams says the Government is not in a position…
Minister of Finance, Fayval Williams.  - File photo.
March 5, 2026

Williams defends tax on vehicle duty concession for public sector workers

Finance and Public Service Minister Fayval Williams today argued that the Government’s move to tax public sector workers who import vehicles under the duty concession regime will bring greater parity…
Sergeant Tamica Taylor and her spouse, Royan Harris, walked free from the St Thomas Parish Court on Monday after a judge upheld submissions by their attorney Marcus Goffe that there was no case for them to answer.
March 5, 2026

Update | Ex-cops and police constable accused of using fake drug case to solicit money from Trelawny woman freed

A current member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and three former police officers who were accused of using a fake drug-trafficking case to solicit money from a Trelawny woman were today freed after…
Euphemia Burke Robinson
March 5, 2026 by Keisha Hill

‘Most improved’ student rises to inspire a new generation

In the quiet, verdant hills of Garden Hill, St Catherine, specifically Dry Hill, a young girl once struggled to read, living in a one-room board house without electricity or piped water. Today, that…