Construction crumbling - Extortion impacting on building industry
WESTERN BUREAUextortion is having a severe impact on the building industry, as scores of construction companies cower in fear and concede to the demands of hoodlums. The problem has assumed crisis proportions with reports of contractors ...
Security guards, cops look to alliance
Security guards could become the eyes and ears of the police in several areas in the country, sharing information in a co-ordinated approach to fight crime. This, if the 21-member companies in the Jamaica Society of Industrial Security (JSIS...
JUTC losing $1m per day
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is losing some $1 million a day, Sterling Soares, JUTC president has confirmed.The company expected revenue increases of 70-80 per cent after bus fares were increased by 100 per cent in June ...
JUTC president ponders future, reflects on past
Sterling Soares, president of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, is contemplating whether or not he will stay on as head of the fledgling public transport company after his contract expires at the end of March."I'm not yet sure what I will do or if the
Cop's attacker beaten to death
It's quite unusual these days for citizens to come to the rescue of the police.But yesterday, residents in Wakefield, Trelawny beat to death, a man who had earlier attacked a constable with a machete at the Wakefield Police Station ...
Ja seeks outside intervention to combat drug trafficking
Jamaica will be seeking to extend the Shiprider agreement is has with the United States, to other countries, so that the country can better defend itself against ...
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