Panton's exit official
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Sir Howard Cooke has officially been advised of Dr. David Panton's decision to leave the Senate to take up a job offer in the United States.
Increased fines for tax dodgers
MASSIVE INCREASES to income tax and customs penalties have been approved in the House of Representatives as Government seeks to create more realistic deterrents to taxdodging and customs offences.
Chang bats for change in Flankers
IT'S BEEN four months since Dr. Horace Chang, Member of Parlia-ment (MP) for North West St. James, tabled a resolution in the House of Representatives, influenced by two major outbreaks of violence in Canterbury and Flankers.
Man to serve 50 years for second murder conviction
A JUDGE recommended Thursday that a man who was being convicted for the second time of non-capital murder should serve 50 years in prison.
More scrutiny for board appointments - Paulwell
RECOGNISING THAT the system of recommendations by peers failed in the appointment of Klaus Heitman to the Trade Board, Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology...
JPSCo crackdown nabs 13
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company's (JPSCo) campaign to reduce the illegal connections has resulted in 13 arrests, and the removal of 1,626 illegal connections.
$19m to ease water woes
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: THE DRY spell being experienced across the island, especially in the parishes of Clarendon, Westmoreland and St. James, has forced Government to allocate some $19 million to upgrade the Rapid Response Unit.
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