Heat on BOJ - Audit unearths several concerns at central bank - Question raised about $51.5 million loan to Latibeaudiere
THE BANK of Jamaica (BoJ) is preparing to answer questions about fiscal prudence that have been levelled against it in a damning document penned by the auditor general after a review was conducted into its affairs. Among the issues highlighted by the auditor general...
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'No need to panic' - Shaw says local funds safe from US banking crisis
AS THE Lower House of the United States Congress voted yesterday against a US$700-billion bailout plan for that nation's banking sector, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, said there was no need for Jamaica to panic...
Portia's shadow Cabinet finally sees light of day
THERE WERE no major surprises yesterday as Opposition Leader and People's National Party (PNP) President Portia Simpson Miller named her 20-member shadow Cabinet. Phillip Paulwell made a triumphant return and Peter Bunting was handed the national security portfolio...
List of council of spokespersons
Derrick Kellier - leader of opposition business in the Housespokesperson on labour and social security Omar Davies - finance and planning Robert Pickersgill - infrastructure and housing Roger Clarke - agriculture, land and rural development Peter...
Police: Body of child to be identified today
THERE WAS yet to be confirmation yesterday afternoon, on whether a decomposed body, found in Belvedere, St Andrew, late Sunday morning, is that of 11-year-old Ananda Dean.Acting Deputy Superintendent, Altemorth Campbell, of the St Andrew North Police...
Carnage on Rose Hall main road pains hospital
WESTERN BUREAU: THE CONSTANT carnage on the new Rose Hall main road in Montego Bay, St James, is causing severe trauma at the MoBay Hope Hospital, which has been forced to respond to numerous accidents since the opening of the North Coast Highway 20 months ago...
'Bad education policies will not be tolerated'
NEWLY APPOINTED Opposition Spokesman on Education Basil Waite is warning that the People's National Party (PNP) will not be silent if the Government articulates bad educational policies. "I believe that there needs to be bipartisan support for education...
Tuesdaytalk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
Siblings at war. 1 The siblings gave a muted response when the older brother hooked up with a pretty young employee. And when he married her, they signalled their half-hearted approval.
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