Cops step up probe into murder of cattle farmer
PORUS: THE MANDEVILLE Police have intensified investigations into the murder of 59-year-old cattle farmer Robert Sutton, who was killed at his home in Marshall's Pen, Manchester on Monday night.
Man from St Thomas sentenced to hang
ONE OF the two men who were accused of murdering two employees during an attempted robbery at the Unipet gas station, Seaforth, St. Thomas, in September 1999 has been sentenced to hang. He is Paul Murray, 21-year-old labourer, of Seaforth.
Paulwell points to liberalised telecom sector
TELECOMMUNICATION LICENCES will be issued by a regulatory body such as the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) as of next year, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Technology, Phillip Paulwell, said yesterday. He said that the issuing of licences by...
Seaga ponders ties between EAC and Ombudsman
OPPOSITION LEADER Edward Seaga has raised questions about the relationship that will exist between the Office of Political Ombudsman and the Electoral Advisory Committee's (EAC) election centre, during the run-up to general elections. Speaking on...
Gov't plans to privatise water, sewerage systems
STEPS ARE being taken to privatise certain aspects of the country's water and sewerage systems, Minister Donald Buchnan told the House of Representatives yesterday. To this end the Ministry, in collaboration with the United Nations Development...
'It was possible that the youths shot each other' - Ballistic expert
RETIRED ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police and government ballistics expert, Daniel Wray, continued where he left off on Monday, answering more questions posed to him by the attorney representing the police at yesterday's sitting of the Braeton...
PM launches cadastral mapping scheme
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday launched the Ministry of Land and Environment's Cadastral Mapping and Tenure Regularisation component of the Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP) under which some 30,000 landowners in St. Catherine...
DYC Fishing loses appeal
DYC FISHING Ltd., one of the leading exporters of conch and lobster, yesterday lost its appeal against a court ruling which gave the Minister of Agriculture the go ahead to issue and renew fishing licences. "We think that at this time we will be...
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