Jamaica Labour Party's worst nightmare - Portia blasts bloated Cabinet - Wehby pick a conflict of interest
A re-energised Portia Simpson Miller, president of the People's National Party (PNP), yesterday chastised the Bruce Golding administration for what she dubbed an oversized Cabinet and warned that the Opposition would be watching the Government like hawks....
Special prosecutor to be impartial - Golding
Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be taking steps today to appoint a special prosecutor to probe, indict and imprison public officials guilty of corruption or misconduct.Speaking amid festive supporters at the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Area Council One meeting...
Wehby to tackle debt dilemma
TAKING A two-year leave from his job as deputy head of GraceKennedy Limited and CEO of GK Investments, Donald Wehby Jr. hopes to bring fresh new strategies to managing the country's struggling economy. Speaking with The Gleaner after the swearing-in ceremony of members of the new Cabinet...
Bartlett blitzto hot up winter - Tourism Minister to actualise aggressive marketing campaign
WESTERN BUREAU: FACED WITH sluggish summer and fall seasons, Jamaica's new Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says he will be ramping up the country's marketing and promotions campaigns to reap bumper results heading into winter. Bartlett, who officially assumed responsibility...
Two more quizzed in JFK terror plot
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP):The FBI and Guyana police have questioned two Shi'ite Muslim leaders they say knew at least one of four Caribbean nationals arrested in an alleged plot to attack New York's John F.Kennedy International Airport. The two unidentified Guyanese men...
'No challenge to Portia's top spot'
The People's National Party (PNP) hierarchy yesterday brushed aside rumours that president Portia Simpson Miller would be challenged for the top job, after a close defeat in national elections two weeks ago. "The support for ComradePortia Simpson Miller as leader of the People's...
'Ol' pirates come to rob I'? - Marley family protests Verizon ringtone deal
NEW YORK (CMC): The licensing dispute between the estate of the late international reggae superstar Bob Marley and theUnited States Universal Music Group has taken an "ugly turn". At issue is an agreement struck last month for Verizon Wireless, the giant United States ...
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