'Agencies hanging on to statutory deductions'
PARLIAMENT'S PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) has condemned as "a moral hazard", the continued failure of several Government Ministries, departments and agencies to hand over employees' statutory deductions when they become due.

Millions spent but Local Gov't reform still lagging
MORE THAN $84 million has been spent on the now defunct Local Government Reform Unit (LGRU), which was set up in 1994 to oversee the Local Government Reform process.

Bid to defuse labour unrest at Jamalco
HORACE DALLEY, Minister of Labour and Social Security, has invited the management of Jamalco Clarendon Alumina Works to a meeting at his Ministry today to discuss threats of labour unrest to the company's US$115 million expansion programme.

Bar boss condemnsMoBay detentions
WESTERN BUREAU:

THE CORNWALL Bar Association has strongly criticised the St. James police over what its members claim is the arbitrary detention of young men for long periods without charges being preferred against them.

No leads in Port Esquivel oil spill
THE AUTHORITIES are yet to determine the cause of an oil spill on Saturday at Port Esquivel, near to Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine.