Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) snubs call to repay $200m
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) has countered suggestions that it should repay the Government $200 million for the removal of its own equipment along the North Coast Highway. The Ministry of Transport and Works had come under pressure...

Lack of House sittings irks JLP
THE OPPOSITION is charging that the People's National Party (PNP) government has put party politics above national business by not scheduling any sitting of the House of Representatives since January 7.

Britain toughening immigration laws
JAMAICANS AND other non-European Union (EU) workers will be affected by changes to the United Kingdom's immigration policy now being implemented in the British Parliament, the Jamaica Information Service reported yesterday.

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) trade row power kicks in
THE FORMAL accession by six countries to the CARICOM Single Market on Monday has activated the trade arbitration role of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). "It's a milestone on the road that we have started out on. As head of one of the institutions..

Soapberry sewerage project begins
SPANISH TOWN, St. Catherine: THE SOAPBERRY Sewerage Plant project which, in its initial stage, will treat waste in the metropolitan area, officially got off the ground yesterday morning. On completion, it will eventually have a capacity...

Cops quiz Welsh over Golden Spring murder
MILTON 'TONY' Welsh, who gained notoriety in the 1970s as an area leader in the South St. Andrew constituency, is in police custody in connection with the January 15 murder of Damion Hussey at Golden Spring.