Prosecute them! - Sanction public officials who drainJamaican Government's purse - AG
Spurred by another string of unlawful payments in his last annual report that cost the country in excess of $50 million, the man mandated by the Constitution to audit the financial affairs of public entities - the Auditor General - has called for the prosecution...
South East St Ann stunner - Former Miss World Lisa Hanna to be named as PNP candidate
The People's National Party (PNP) is set to announce former Miss World, Lisa Hanna, as its candidate to replace Aloun Assamba in South East St. Ann, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller revealed on Monday. In what was described as "a very stormy meeting"...
Choices Expo opens to overwhelming response
All roads led to the Hilton Kingston yesterday but, for a change, this swanky hotel swarmed with gleaming faces in school uniforms. Students, accompanied by their teachers from across the city, came down to be informed of what career path they could choose or options ...
Portland roadblocks defer biology student's dreams
She spent sleepless nights preparing for her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) biology examination, but Dimone Burke of Happy Grove High School in Portland is now upset that some residents blocked several roads on Monday...
Suspect in alleged JFK plot surrenders in Trinidad
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): The Guyanese suspect in an alleged plot to attack New York's John F. Kennedy Airport surrendered to police yesterday in Trinidad, a police official said. Abdel Nur turned himself in at a police station just west of the Trinidadian capital...
PAC members toe party line on Sandals Whitehouse overrun
A divide along party lines has produced two reports from the examination by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the controversial US$43 million ($2.8 billion) cost overrun on the Sandals Whitehouse hotel project...
Decision needed on Air Jamaica's future - Golding
In the wake of losses totalling US$111 million (J$7.4 billion) last year, Opposition Leader Bruce Golding wants the Government to take a hard decision on the future of the national airline, contending that in its 36 years of existence Air Jamaica has only once made a profit...
Millions in unapproved payments at Jamaican Government agencies - Auditor General wants sanctions for breaches
Auditor General Adrian Strachan said that in his last report, 22 public entities were implicated for making improper payments. He pointed out that seven of that number were red-flagged for improper payments in excess of $1 million.
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