Kern lands in more trouble - Spencer, others allegedly acquired properties without approval
KERN SPENCER was absent from yesterday's sitting of the House of Representatives, but his name came up in yet another transaction in which establised procedure was not followed. Spencer, who is at the centre of the controversial Cuban light-bulb project, among several persons...
Shields presses for info in cop car-stealing ring
Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP) in charge of crime, Mark Shields, has indicated that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be approaching journalists with a view to pursuing the case involving rogue cops and their involvement in a multimillion-dollar car-stealing ring...
Air Jamaica floored by IDT retro pay ruling
WESTERN BUREAU:Days after being hit with a Federal Government lawsuit, the island's national carrier, Air Jamaica, has lost its long-standing battle with its flight attendants and will have to fork out approximately US$1 million (J$71 million) in retroactive payments to them....
Invasion of privacy? - PAC ponders information sharing to track education loan delinquents
Should government departments share employment information with each other to track down delinquent employees or former employees who owe money to the Government? That was one of the questions pondered yesterday by members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC)....
Over my dead body! say Hanover residents
Western Bureau: Militant residents of the 23 communities surrounding the controversial Delapenha's Funeral Home-owned Royal Rest Cemetery in Burnt Ground, Hanover, say they are willing and ready to put life and limb on the line to prevent burials from taking place at the site....
No more risky business! - Condom use the focus of Safer Sex Week
Western Bureau: St James continues to dominate the rest of island in terms of the rate of HIV/AIDS infection per 100,000 people.This is contained in the latest report issued by the Ministry of Health's National HIV/STI Prevention & Control Programme.
Lie-detector tests for cops
Polygraph tests and increased vetting of members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will become more enforced as part of the force's anti-corruption drive, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Justin Felice, head of the Anti-corruption Branch....
Golding reverses PM pension
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding yesterday exercised an option to cut his pension to two-thirds of a Jamaican prime minister's salary while at the same time reducing pension to be paid to his successors. Golding announced this decision while contributing to a debate on the Pensions ...
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