More legal loopholes - National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) pays $26.5m for legal services in breach of guidelines
Another attorney-at-law has received a controversial multimillion-dollar contract from a state agency in contravention of the Government's procurement guidelines and, once again, it cannot be determined whether the country got value for money....
Jamaicans support one-week campaign break - poll
Jamaicans have given a resounding approval to the announcement by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller that political campaigning should take a one-week break during the celebration of Emancipation Day and Independence Day on August 1 and 6 respectively...
Helping people is my life
WESTERN BUREAU: Standing just over five feet tall, sporting wire rimmed eyeglasses, and an Afro with strands of grey hair, Joy Crooks is a godsend for the mentally challenged living in western Jamaica. A general and psychiatric nurse for more than 30 years...
Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd.(JPS) customers to pay for Hurricane Ivan damage
CUSTOMERS OF the Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd.(JPS), come month end, can expect to pay more on their utility bills because of the power company's decision to now collect for the damage incurred during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Although the Office of Utilities Regulation...
Golding raps Government for declining agri sector in Jamaica
LEADER OF the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Bruce Golding, shifted the political debate on Sunday to the agricultural sector, decrying what he said was a dramatic decline in agricultural output over the last 10 years. He was addressing thousands of supporters...
No arrest made in Vogel murder
The police are yet to make an arrest in relation to the death of Dr.Peter Vogel, lecturer at the University of the West Indies, who was found dead on Thursday at his College Common residence in Mona, St. Andrew. Head of the St. Andrew Central Criminal Investigative...
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