NHDC 7 get bail
EAST KINGSTON businessman and contractor Danhai Williams was offered $10 million bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Criminal Court at Half-Way Tree yesterday to answer to charges of defrauding Government's shelter agency, the National Housing Dev
High drama at court
THERE WAS high drama at the St. Andrew Criminal Court yesterday, where the seven persons charged for defrauding the National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) of over $450 million, had their first day in court.
Pickersgill signs airport deal
THREE CONTRACTS valued at a combined $393 million were awarded yesterday by the Transport Ministry, under a three-year development programme to ready the Norman Manley International Airport for privatisation.
Pension Bill changes
THREE AMENDMENT Bills relating to pensioners were yesterday approved by the House of Representatives.
Man walks free after 24 years in jail
A MAN, who got lost in the prison system for 24 years after he was declared unfit to plead, wept for joy yesterday after he was taken before the court then released.
JTB pays millions to former worker
THE JAMAICA Tourist Board (JTB) says it has paid J$4.6 million (US$71,000) to Marie Deeble Walker, former advertising manager for its New York office, in settling a multimillion-dollar wrongful dismissal suit filed by the former employee.
Five-y-o dies in bypass crash
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy died on the Old Harbour road when the vehicle he and his father were travelling in was involved in a three-vehicle collision Monday evening.
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