Christie, Davis lock horns - Contractor General, Cabinet Secretary clash over Air Jamaica
A war of words between the Contractor General and the Cabinet Secretary and reluctance on the part of the Ministry of Finance to comply with a request for information from the Office of the Contractor General created tension between the parties recently.
Foreigners get jobs at expense of locals
Labour and Social Security Minister, Derrick Kellier yesterday admitted that work permits have been issued to foreigners without the jobs being advertised locally. Mr. Kellier made the admission in the House of Representatives...
Silence at Solid Waste
Senior officials at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) are still tight-lipped on details of the investigations currently under way into the latest allegations of corruption and wanton spending at the...
Golding to revive Seaga's city plan
If elected into government, Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding says that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will revive a masterplan by his predecessor Edward Seaga to redevelop the city of Kingston, also to include Port Royal.
PNP, JLP agree to restore peace in Kingston
After 24-hours of sporadic gunfire in sections of the Mountain View Avenue community of South East St. Andrew, the political directorate met yesterday and agreed to mend the two-year-old peace which was broken on Monday.
Government of Jamaica to build sixth-form centres
Maxine Henry-Wilson, the Minister of Education and Youth, yesterday said her ministry will be constructing more sixth form centres. She was addressing the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Job Creation.
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