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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
December 10, 2025
32 cases of fatalities still under investigation following Hurricane Melissa
Thirty two deaths remain under investigation in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s passage in October. Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM),…
December 10, 2025
Police charge Kingston man for allegedly entering motorist’s car and robbing him
The police have charged a man accused of entering the vehicle of a motorist who had stopped to give passage to another driver, and then robbing him of money and other valuables. Osaka Gillespie, 38,…