AIDS agency gets $1m
THE NON-GOVERNMENT organisation, Jamaica AIDS Support (JAS) got a much-needed boost yesterday, when it received $1 million from the National Commercial Bank (NCB). The money was handed over in a ceremony at the NCB's western office...
Last-minute crowds swamp SLB offices
A LAST-MINUTE rush by students to submit loan applications to the Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) resulted in crowds swelling from tolerable to almost unbearable at the Bureau's offices in St. Andrew, yesterday. Despite warnings to apply early...
Provident societies talk tough
WESTERN BUREAU: REPRESENTATIVES OF six provident societies in St. James have called on the Government to declare the status of their respective Operation PRIDE projects. The provident societies met in Montego Bay last Thursday...
Dennis Joslin has mystery venture
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Dennis Joslin, who was ushered into Jamaica two months ago to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding debts formerly held by the Financial Sector Adjustment Company (FINSAC), says he will be opening...
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