State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has criticised the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) for what he called a “malicious tendency” to discredit qualified Jamaicans in public service roles.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta says he plans to sue Chrome Holding over allegations that its predecessor, 23andMe, failed to protect customer genetic data.

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness announced that part of the $1.4 billion in hurricane recovery donations will be used to restock the JDF and ODPEM with emergency building supplies depleted after Hurricane Melissa.

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is urging the public to avoid travel to countries affected by the Ebola outbreak.

The advisory follows the World Health Organization’s declaration of Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a global health emergency.

The United States Supreme Court has rejected Meta’s bid to block a lawsuit from Vermont over claims its Instagram app is addictive to young users.

The case, brought by Vermont’s attorney general, will now proceed in lower courts. It alleges that Meta Platforms designed Instagram to target teens and encourage compulsive use.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has defended the Government’s handling of J$1.4 billion in hurricane donations after criticism that most of the money remains unspent.

Speaking in St Elizabeth, Holness said critics were spreading “common nonsense” and ignoring the wider recovery effort.