Jack Mandora⚖️

@JamaicaGleaner We hope the CEO and CFO of these companies will be held accountable. They cannot claim ignorance.

The University Hospital of the West Indies has confirmed the names of four companies that an auditor general report has featured as beneficiaries of the hospital's misuse of its tax-exempt status to import items for the entities. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…

@itzme_d_toxic1 Glad someone raised this point. Some of these people are behaving as if PSM took her hard earned money out of her own pocket, to build the Western Children’s Hospital. Ultimately, all tax payers pay for public infrastructure. That she spearheaded it cannot be the rationale.

No building or street etc should be named after any politician. Unless it was funded with their private money.

@NationwideRadio @Immortal777_33 Well! Well! Well! We hope those who earlier said “there is no evidence” may now open their mouths, now that there is clear evidence! We also hope that all this loud talk of integrity in public office, isn’t just a one-sided expectation. Civil society cannot remain silent anymore.

Acting Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospital of the West Indies, UHWI, Eric Hosin, has named the four companies found to have improperly used the UHWI's tax-exempt status to avoid paying customs duties. READ MORE HERE: ow.ly/cCHo50YByjy

@JamaicaGleaner @annaliesalin Are there no back-up files? No off-site storage? No cloud storage? Isn’t this the teaching hospital of the University of the West Indies? Surely you jest!! Accountability in public office must count for something. We can’t just let these things “slide”. Too much sliding going on!

Flooding at UHWI and breaches of established procurement procedures led to the disappearance of contract files valued at millions of dollars, according to the hospital’s Senior Director, Public Procurement Ainsworth Buckeridge. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…

@HoneyTk @wcchen What’s amazing, is the number of - previously thought to be - sensible & intelligent people, parroting this wild propaganda!

@wcchen I be telling them this but they don’t wanna hear it.

China doesn’t “own” #Jamaica and there’s no “debt trap”: China is funding infrastructure projects across much of Latin America and the #Caribbean, from ports and railways to roads and energy links. Some are already completed, many others are planned or under construction. These projects are often tied to trade routes and resource flows, and form part of China’s broader global investment strategy. Over the past two decades, China has emerged as a significant partner for Jamaica, with cumulative investments, loans, and project commitments estimated at around US$2–6 billion. This includes equity FDI (roughly US$1–2 billion), major infrastructure like highways, ports, and housing built by Chinese firms, plus bauxite and urban development projects. Chinese policy bank loans (mainly Exim Bank) have funded key infrastructure, with cumulative commitments near US$2.1 billion since the mid-2000s. However, Jamaica has repaid aggressively with no major new loans since 2017. Chinese debt now accounts for just 3.9–4.5% of Jamaica’s total public debt (approximately J$2.2 trillion or US$14 billion). Officials, including former Finance Minister Nigel Clarke, have noted that 90% of the outstanding Chinese portfolio is on track for repayment within 10 years, at low fixed interest rates of 2–3%. This modest share underscores that the bulk of Jamaica’s debt is domestic and multilateral. The relationship focuses on completed projects and trade rather than new borrowing, helping Jamaica maintain fiscal discipline while benefiting from Chinese-built infrastructure.

@NationwideRadio That would be a long and unnecessarily cumbersome name for a hospital. What’s wrong with Western Children’s and Adolescent hospital? The name speaks for itself. Must the names of politicians be on everything?🤷🏽‍♂️

Rename the Western Children’s and Adolescent Hospital Montego Bay, St James, in honour of former Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller. That's the call coming from the young professional arm of the People's National Party, PNP Patriots. READ MORE HERE: ow.ly/tK0u50YAYMl

@NationwideRadio @JervisCapital Ganja Growers Association? Was cannabis already taken?🤷🏽‍♂️

President of the Ganja Growers and Producer Association, Maurice Ellis, has welcomed the amendments made to the Dangerous Drugs Interim Regulations. READ MORE HERE: ow.ly/p6v150YAYXa

@NationwideRadio Damned if you do! Damned if you don’t! People: government projects taking too long! Government: Okay, we will relax the bureaucracy and improve efficiency! People: But what about transparency and accountability?😳

The fast-tracking of certain rules and requirements through the recently established National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority, NaRRA, could undermine transparency and accountability. READ MORE HERE: ow.ly/4xB850YAYNS

@Shaedye Harsh!😐

So the old lady of North street relocating to the nursing home of Lyndhurst road.

@JamaicaGleaner Women have been Presidents & Prime Ministers. Astronauts and Engineers. If women can be Priests and Bishops, what would be the impediment to being an Archbishop?

The subject of gender continues to be a politically sensitive one in a context where religiously and politically, it is okay to avoid what may be experienced as a controversial matter. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2…

@JamaicaObserver At a time when the country is experiencing financial strain from the post Melissa period; tourism and remittance revenues down; the Iran war and increase in oil prices; debt-servicing pressures; at such a time as this! This “servant of the people” chooses now to demand more money

Opposition Senator Lambert Brown is calling for the implementation of the 2023 proposal that would have seen the stipend paid to senators who are not part of the Executive increased to $148,000 per sitting. jamaicaobserver.com/2026/03/29/bro…

@NationwideRadio @Mikey01974692 There is a hierarchy in politics. Being brilliant or popular doesn’t trump the hierarchy. PJ Patterson, Portia Simpson Miller and Bruce Golding understood that political hierarchy. They played the long game and reached their goal. The youngsters need to take notes from the elders

George reacts to an interview of the PNP's Professor Andre Haughton, where he expressed that he has grown indifferent to his party and politics. #WOMM #NTM

@JamaicaGleaner @gunnerbeeks How about we charge them under the law and revoke their commission? Pleading with them to ‘desist’ seems like the egregious breach of trust isn’t being taken seriously. But then, this is what we get for appointing hordes of mass undesirables to the Justice of the Peace office.

Director of Public Prosecutions, Claudette Thompson, has called on Justices of the Peace who continue to charge for their services to desist, as this is against the law. Read more: jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… #GLNRToday

@RasBenjiMassop1 @JamaicaGleaner This is true my brother! So true.

@Zemi66 @JamaicaGleaner It's ONE ISOLATED PLANET Jack🌎

NOW: Pedestrians and motorists wade through floodwaters in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, after heavy rainfall swept across the Corporate Area on Saturday. #GLNRToday

@mydocvu @JamaicaObserver You are not wrong. Too many in our population have their hearts laced with larceny. Rex was right.

@Zemi66 @JamaicaObserver While I love the beauty of the country & the people. You must screen individuals in public service for honesty & integrity. Some of the people there will switch the coffin you paid for. You may think you have a business partnership, but they are scheming ways to defraud you. Sad!

An additional five drivers of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) Limited have been arrested and charged in a bus ticket fraud scam that targeted unsuspecting passengers. jamaicaobserver.com/2026/03/26/fiv…

@NationwideRadio The key will be service. Quality & calibre of service. Route taxi operators will organically purge themselves out of the business, if they cannot compete on service and convenience with ride-share companies. The traveler wants a clean, comfortable, reliable ride, at a good price.

The transport ministry is seeking to assure regulated public passenger operators that they will not be displaced when the national ride-hailing policy takes effect. READ MORE HERE: revonews.ai/news/regulated…

@NationwideRadio Fairness and responsible business practices must prevail, ofcourse! But who says all gas stations must sell gas at the same price? Where in the Bible is that written? What’s wrong with having free market competition on gas prices? Come on now!

Several petroleum dealers are reportedly accusing TotalEnergies Jamaica Limited of unfair pricing practices by offering preferential fuel rates to select operators, creating an uneven playing field in the market. READ MORE HERE: ow.ly/Nlk150Yzttq

@JamaicaObserver The war may seem distant now. A conflict in a far away place, having little to do with daily life here. But we don’t produce oil. We depend on oil shipments to run our refinery. Those shipments are now stalled on the high seas. How many weeks of oil do we have before we run out?

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war: jamaicaobserver.com/2026/03/26/war…