Jamaica Gleaner News- Lead Stories - Friday

JUTC fesses up - Bus company admits it breached procurement guidelines

THE BOARD of the beleaguered Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) has admitted committing procurement breaches at the company, in recent months, and outlined a host of measures aimed at preventing any future recurrence. In a release issued yesterday, the board made the concession...

SCJ execs called in for meeting with Tufton

Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has summoned Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Chairman Robert Levy and two other board members to a meeting after receiving a preliminary report on Jamaica Cane Product Sales' (JCPS) failed fertiliser deal with Indian company...

Trail of the missing sand - 'I was there, I know everything'

Western Bureau: With the police seemingly still unable to shed any light on the 500 truckloads of sand that were stolen from three Trelawny properties by night in late June, yet another man, claiming to have intimate knowledge of what transpired...

'Scandalous, retrograde' decision - Small businesses group lashes BOJ on interest-rate hike

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is facing more fire over its decision to drastically hike interest rates. This time it is the Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) that has launched a broadside on the central bank and demanded the immediate rollback ...

Government willing to aid bauxite industry

Minister of Mining and Telecommunications Derrick Smith yesterday made it clear the Government would assist the bauxite industry, in any way possible, if it is affected by the ongoing global economic crisis. "It is a very important industry and this...

Transport Authority boss sent home

The board of the Transport Authority has issued a vote of no confidence in the per-formance of its Managing Director Keith Goodison. The Gleaner yesterday obtained a copy of a letter sent to Goodison advising him that he has been placed on a 29-day leave...

Killancholly verdict today

The jury is expected to hand down its verdict today at the trial of 35-year-old security guard Jeffrey Perry, who is charged with the murder of three children at Killancholly, St Mary, in January 2005. Senior Puisne Judge Marva McIntosh began her summation...