Light bill creeps up - Regulator grants JPS portion of Hurricane Ivan damage claim
THE OFFICE of Utilities Regulation (OUR) yesterday rejected the full $1.5 billion hurricane damage claim from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS). However, the light and power company will still be allowed to recover nearly a third of the claim...
NHT acquiring more police properties for housing plans
THE NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) has added the Ruthven Road offices of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to the list of police properties the Trust is acquiring to build houses.
'Robertson is like a mad dog' - Chavez responds to assassination call by US televangelist
WESTERN BUREAU: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez has dismissed calls for his assassination by United States televangelist, Pat Robertson, and likened his ravings to that of the mad, rabid dogs in the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.
Televangelist apologises
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP): RELIGIOUS BROADCASTER Pat Robertson apologised yesterday for calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, only hours after he denied saying Chavez should be killed.
Evangelicals condemn assassination comments
THE WORLD Evangelical Alliance yesterday blasted American televangelist Pat Robertson over his call for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "It is with great regret and deep concern that we totally condemn...
Civil servants in western Ja cry foul - Upset they will not benefit from new JUTC concessions
WESTERN BUREAU: THE DECISION by the Ministry of Transport to grant discounted fares for public sector workers to travel on Government-owned JUTC buses has not gone over well with civil servants in western Jamaica...
Gebre heads to the WHO
AFTER SEVEN years as executive director of the National HIV/AIDS/STI control and prevention programme, Dr. Yitades Gebre is to leave the programme at the end of this month.
Japanese Embassy denies trafficking charge
THE JAPANESE Embassy has denied that Japanese migrants are involved in a suspected case of trafficking in persons in Black River, St. Elizabeth. In a release issued yesterday regarding the incident which occurred on August 13...
Deportation for foreign prostitutes?
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC: ANTIGUAN IMMIGRATION officials were yesterday interviewing a group of 50 prostitutes from four Caribbean islands with a view to deporting them by today.
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