BLACKOUT AGAIN - Energy Minister calls meeting with JPS, OUR
LIKE A case of déjà vu, the island, for the third time in less than two years, was again plunged into darkness for several hours last night. The last islandwide power outage occurred on July 4, 2007, nearly a year to the day the country was affected by a previous islandwide...
Kidnap victim returns home
A 15-year-old girl, who was kidnapped in May Pen, Clarendon, last Friday, has been returned home.After last week's kidnapping, the family of the girl, who the police have refused to name, made a report to the May Pen Criminal Investigations Bureau.
The west stands by Steve Bucknor
WESTERN BUREAU: EMBATTLED WEST Indies Test umpire Steve Bucknor, who is now facing a firestorm of controversy for his two costly errors in the just concluded second Test match between India and Australia, is expected to be greeted by friendly, understanding faces when he returns....
Vaz: I will not bear arms against Jamaica
Jamaica Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz said yesterday that he would give up his United States citizenship in the event of a war between Jamaica and the United States (U.S.)."I was born in Jamaica, I live in Jamaica and my loyalty is to Jamaica," Vaz said under cross-examination...
Supplementary budget can be abolished - Wehby
Supplementary estimates of expenditure may be a thing of the past, if Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Don Wehby, has his way. Mr. Wehby is advocating for the end of the practice, which he believes displays improper fiscal management.
Thursday talk
HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT -0 Making way1.The Public Service Com-mission has to be recon-stituted immediately to facilitate a certain appointment, so all the Opposition Leader's pleas will have to fall on deaf ears.
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