'Whitehouse clean' - No corruption at hotel project, says PM - Taxpayers won't bear cost overruns
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday declared there was no corruption at the controversial Sandals Whitehouse Project in Westmoreland and that taxpayers would not be burdened with the immense cost overruns on the multimillion-dollar venture.
Patterson to intervene in police salary row
FOLLOWING ANOTHER breakdown in talks between members of the Police Federation and the Finance Ministry, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson will today meet with trade union leaders to explore ways of assisting the police...
St Mary teens still missing
POLICE IN St. Mary say they are still investigating the case of two teenage girls who went missing last week. A statement from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) disclosed that the teenagers were reported missing on May 5 and May 9.
Truck driver convicted of manslaughter
A HOME Circuit Court jury has convicted Lloyd Dacres, 27, truck driver, of Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrew, of three counts of manslaughter. The charges stemmed from a motor vehicle accident at Tom's River at the border of St. Andrew and St. Mary...
'Measurement laws needed for Carib region'
DR. OMER Thomas, executive director of the Bureau of Standards, has said the Caribbean region needs to make the harmonisation of weights and measures laws in the region a priority.
Fighting back! - May Pen businessmen go on the offensive
ANGERED BY the death of their slain colleagues, members of May Pen's business community are calling for the amendment of legislation that would see persons convicted of gun crimes and extortion given longer sentences.
Give cops generous increase, says mayor
WESTERN BUREAU: MAYOR OF Montego Bay, Councillor Noel Donaldson, wants Government to make an exception to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and offer a generous wage increase to the police.
Gleaner honours pensioners
SPARKLING WINE, melodious music and mouth-watering food helped keep spirits high as the Gleaner Company yesterday honoured some of its pensioners at a luncheon held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston.
Fear grips Vauxhall High family
THERE IS a wave of fear pervading the Vauxhall High School in East Kingston following the recent invasion of the school by armed men
New plea-bargaining law for Parliament
A JOINT select committee of Parliament will begin examining new plea-bargaining legislation at Gordon House this morning. The legislation is intended to assist the Government in its attempts to bring major criminal operatives to justice.
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