TransJamaican Highway seeks toll increase
TransJamaicaN High-way, the developers of Highway 2000, says it has in fact, submitted an application to the Government for it to consider a toll increase in January. Trevor Jackson, managing director of TransJamaican...
Dalley to upgrade Nat'l Health Fund
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: Minister of Health, Horace Dalley, has said that under his watch the National Health Fund (NHF) will be upgraded to an Executive Agency. The minister was speaking yesterday at the reopening of the operating theatre...
Alleged armoured truck robbers case transferred to St Ann court
The case of the two security guards who allegedly robbed $200 million from a Guardsman Ltd. armoured truck has been transferred from the Gun Court in Kingston to the St. Ann Circuit.
Court reporters lobby for safety rails
Court reporters at the Supreme Court are calling on officials from the Ministry of Justice to put plans in place for the erection of handrails on the steps that lead to their office on the third floor.
'No malaria in the west'
WESTERN BUREAU: The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) yesterday dismissed rumours that a case of malaria had been detected in the region. According to Clinton Pickering, WRHA information officer, there has been no evidence to support the claims.
House gives green light to increase funeral grant
The House of Represen-tatives on Tuesday night approved a resolution which will see the funeral grant increased from $40,000 to $50,000.Derrick Kellier, Minister of Labour and Social Security, who moved the resolution said the increase...
Man gets 12 years for manslaughter
A man who buried an unconscious man after they had a dispute in the bushes in Red Lands district, near Crooked River, Clarendon, was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Complainant's death frees cop
A special constable who allegedly used his gun to beat a man in the head three years ago in Spanish Town, was freed of the charge in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, after it was borne out that the complainant died ...
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