Bagging the tip - Senator Clarke accuses hoteliers of pocketing workers' gratuity payments
A stinging accusation has been made by an Opposition senator that some hoteliers have not been turning over gratuity payments due to their employees. In a fiery contribution in the senate last Friday, Navel Clarke, People's National Party (PNP) senator, alleged that some hotels...
No halt to JUTC redundancy plans
The murder of Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) chairman, Douglas Chambers, last Friday, will not halt the planned redundancy and reclassification exercises being carried out at the state-owned bus company, according to the JUTC board...
Who was Douglas Chambers before he joined the JUTC?
Douglas Chambers, FCA, FCCA, was a member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of England (ACCA). He was admitted as a member in Public Practice of both the ICAJ and the Public Accountancy ...
Special prosecutor's office one step closer
LEGISLATION TO repeal the 2001 Corruption (Prevention) Act and the 1973 Parliament (Integrity of Members) Act was tabled on Friday in the Senate by Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne. The proposed law, titled...
Asthmatics to get relief from Indies Pharma
WESTERN BUREAU: Some 1,800 asthmatics in the low-income group are to benefit from the Indies Pharma's 'Freedom from Asthma Just a Breath Away' social programme, unveiled two weeks ago by the western Jamaica local pharmaceutical company. In keeping with its motto ...
Golding questions purpose of Patois Bible
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has added his voice to the ongoing debate about a decision by a church group, to translate the Bible from English to Patois.Golding said the plan was a signal that the education system had failed to successfully impart to...
Siblings as parents
From the tender age of five, I lived with my six brothers in a quiet district in Clarendon, called Prospect. My mother had left the island for England in search of better opportunities for herself and her seven children and what happened after she left was to change...
Constitutional amendment draft ready
A DRAFT constitutional amendment that will allow for the entrenchment of Local Government is now ready. The update was given last week by State Minister with responsibility for Local Government Reform, Robert Montague, during his contribution to the...
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