Pay hike for MPs - To get 20 per cent wage increase
Parliamentarians will receive a 20 per cent increase in salary early next year. This has been confirmed by Finance Minister Audley Shaw. Accordingly, $96 million has been included in the First Supplementary Estimates, approved yesterday by the House of Representatives.
PM barred from filling PSC vacancies
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been barred by a Supreme Court order from making recommendations to fill the vacancies in the Public Service Commission (PSC). Last week Thursday, the members of the PSC were fired on the grounds of misbehaviour....
Gangs face off on UWI campus
A security guard was up to last night in serious condition in hospital, after he was shot and injured on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), after warring gangs clashed over who should get work on a construction site....
Friday the shortest day this year
This Friday will be the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, where Jamaica happens to be located. But, while this may be so, it does not mean that you need to break your neck in a rush, fearing the sun will set midway through your shopping...
Canada wantsseal of approval for Jamaican workers
JAMAICAN workers seeking employment in Canada are being encouraged to have themselves brought up to Red Seal standard, the highest certification for skilled workers in that country. Training for the Red Seal will be conducted by the Industry Training...
Human remains found in Clarendon
The remains of what is believed to be a human body were found in a burnt-out Toyota Camry motor car, in the Old Bowens district of Clarendon yesterday. The Hayes police made the find just after 1:00 p.m. and, according to their report, they were summoned by residents...
Union, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS impasse
The Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) is again in conflict with the management of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) over a planned redundancy exercise. General secretary of UCASE, Senator Navel Clarke, in a press...
Lewin hits the ground running
Newly appointed Police Commissioner, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has begun meeting with senior members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), disclosing his priorities for the organisation. Following his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, the rear admiral...
Four killed in Westmoreland identified
WESTERN BUREAU: The four men killed in a police shooting along Bay Road in Westmoreland Saturday night have now been identified. They are Clifton Walters, otherwise called 'Man Dog', 25 years old, of Seaton Crescent; Devin Parkinson, 23, also of Seaton Crescent...
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