Bailout bangarang - Shaw not fit to head FINSAC enquiry - D a v i e s
Up to last night there was no response from Finance Minister Audley Shaw to Opposition claims that he does not have the moral authority to oversee the proposed commission of enquiry into the financial sector meltdown of the 1990s and the subsequent creation of the Financial Sector....
'Say it again!'
Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on industry and former head of the private investment firm, Dehring, Bunting and Golding (DB&G), was still fuming yesterday as he responded to what he said was a cowardly and underhanded attack on his character by Minister of Finance...
Tyndall ready to tell all
FORMER FINANCIAL secretary and chairperson of the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), Shirley Tyndall, says she is ready to "speak the truth" if summoned to a commission of enquiry into the disposal of assets by FINSAC. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday...
Throwing pearls before swine - Local broccoli and other veggies being fed to pigs
Thousands of pounds of nutritious vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower are being fed to pigs in St Elizabeth, as farmers there are unable to find markets for their produce. Several farmers of Carlisle community in the Breadbasket Parish said their regular customers, the hotels...
More school spaces for September
Some 7,235 school spaces are to be created for September and 45 secondary schools are to be removed from the shift system in three years, according to Claude Stewart, head of school facilities and infrastructure on the Education Transformation Team...
KC, George's feud turns ugly -
Schoolgirl assault sparks stabbing, fights
A feud between students of North Street neighbours St George's College and Kingston College, over a teenage female student, has now left two boys nursing stab wounds in hospital. A male student of St George's College was the latest victim of the dispute when he was stabbed yesterday...
The Manley Memoirs - A love that knew no bounds
"Early in my marriage to Michael, the person I became was the woman I thought he wanted me to be. I fooled myself that I was fiercely independent, when, in fact, I was constantly operating under his umbrella. Later, I would seek to be what the left wing of the party...
Cop sentenced for stealing from friend
A policeman with nine years' service in the force has been jailed for four months for stealing $140,000 from his friend. He is 28-year-old Constable Maurice Taylor, who was convicted in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court of simple larceny...
'NHT increase not necessary'
THE OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) is adamant that Prime Minister Bruce Golding could have avoided increasing the rates of some National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgages as a move to keep the trust viable. Speaking at a press briefing at the party's headquarters on Old Hope Road...
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