Dollar dilemma - Golding reveals 2007/08 Budget exchange rate, chided by Davies
Prime Minister Bruce Golding revealed in Parliament yesterday that the former Portia Simpson Miller administration had calculated the 2007/2008 Budget on an exchange rate of J$71 to US$1.But former Minister of Finance, Dr. Omar Davies, said he was surprised that the Prime Minister...
Tivoli labelled den of iniquity
Gordon House, the seat of the nation's Parliament, descended into a contentious uproar yesterday, after former Speaker of the House, Michael Peart, made reference to Tivoli Gardens, a stronghold in Prime Minister Bruce Golding's constituency, as a "den of iniquity"....
Cable and Wireless to shut down stolen phones
As of December 1, telecommunications company Cable and Wireless, will shut down mobile phones that are stolen from its customers, rendering them useless.Minister of Mining, Energy and Telecommunications Clive Mullings, told Parliament yesterday...
15-y-o raped and infected
Over the coming weeks, children living with HIV, supported by Panos Caribbean and The Gleaner Company, will be delivering letters advocating for positive change on the issues they have identified to influential movers and shakers in Jamaica.
Sinclair expelled from PNP
The People's National Party (PNP) has hit back at sitting councillor for the Myersville division in St.Elizabeth, Winston Sinclair, ousting him from the party yesterday. According to a press release from the PNP, Mr. Sinclair, who was nominated as an independent candidate...
Kidnap victims freed - Flying Squad kills abductor, detains six
Two brothers who were kidnapped on Monday night are now safe, after the police rescued them from an unknown fate in separate operations yesterday. The brothers, who are from the Maverley area of St. Andrew were kidnapped abut 10:00 p.m. and taken to premises on Kenton Avenue...
More money missing from Finance Ministry
An investigation into millions of dollars that went missing at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Investigation Division (FID) has revealed that an additional $1.4 million was stolen from a vault. Initial reports indicated that $17 million, money seized...
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