Statement on FINSAC
A: INTRODUCTION1.The problem which faced many institutions in Jamaica's financial sector in the mid-1990s is well known. There-fore, I need not rehearse the history of the collapse.
2. Suffice it to say, that several local banks, building societies and insurance companies were affected...
Disorder in the House
In Parliament it is Mr Speaker's duty to so control the heat of debate that tempers do not get to boiling point nor the timber of the honourable House reduced to smouldering ash. Although it seems to have been making a fountain out of a pothole, it is correct that Minister Montague was admonished...
Close shave - Family narrowly escapes death
WESTERN BUREAU: A craft vendor and her family in Lilliput, St James, escaped death yesterday morning when an out-of-control trailer, ploughed through her fence and stopped a metre from her bedroom. "It was a pile of building blocks that stopped it from hitting the house," said Marcia Jacob...
Rose Hall kicks off coastal clean-up campaign
WESTERN BUREAU: The Annual International Coastal Clean-up Conference commenced at Rose Hall in Montego Bay on Wednesday, five months ahead of International Coastal Clean-up Day which is set for September 20. The conference, which is being staged by the United States-based advocacy organisation...
Work permit fees
The Ministry of Labour is advising the public that the following work permit fees become effective April 28.1.Application fee - Every application for the grant of a work permit or for exemption therefrom shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee of $14,400 or US$200.
Central Kingston gangs locked in round-table talks
Rival gun gangs in the hotbed of central Kingston have called a 'cease-fire' and, over the past week, have been seriously involved in a series of round- table talks, with a view of ending the bloodletting which has transformed the community into a ghost town....
Be ready for competition in world market, says Golding
Likening Jamaica to a stall, Prime Minister Bruce Golding is urging the country to prepare itself to compete more effectively on the world market."The world is one huge marketplace and we have been assigned in that marketplace a little stall, and the world has said...
Local man held for Montego Bay lotto scam
WESTERN BUREAU: A 28-year-old man has been jailed after the seizure of documents, including a copy of a US$10-million cheque that was being sent by courier services to a United States (US) destination to an unsuspecting victim of the illicit lottery scam....
Corrupt cops should be arrested immediately - DPP
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has called for a system, in which police officers who are suspected of committing an offence are arrested immediately, to be put in place. This, however, would be dependent on the evidence of the case and reasonable cause...
Fraud docs pose public danger warns medical council
Dr Muriel Lowe, registrar of the Medical Council of Jamaica, says unlicensed doctors using fraudulent registration numbers pose an imminent threat to public safety. Earlier this week, the council published notices advising the public of the names of three medical practitioners...
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