Heat on Hibbert - OCG to probe state minister on corruption allegation, lawyer angered
CONTRACTOR GENERAL Greg Christie has earned the ire of attorney-at-law Ernest Smith, after opening an investigation into State Minister Joseph Hibbert's actions in connection with British firm Mabey and Johnson. Smith, a Government backbencher and private counsel....
Hundreds flock bakery for jobs
More than 600 persons turned up to be interviewed to fill 10 vacancies at The Captain's Bakery and Grill on Half-Way Tree Road, St Andrew, yesterday, in the wake of the job crunch gripping the country. Motorists slowed down at the local eatery on seeing the large crowd...
Lime, Digicel trade blame
Telecommunications firm LIME is accusing Digicel of blocking calls from LIME customers in other Caribbean countries to the Digicel network in Jamaica, yesterday. But Digicel has denied the accusation...
Golding lauds Brookes
Dhaima Brookes, the woman who stumbled upon $1 million in an ATM in the Portmore Mall, St Catherine, last December, and later handed it over to the police, was on Tuesday praised by Prime Minister Bruce Golding.Brookes had the pleasure of having lunch...
Francis Keane hospitalised
Francis Keane, the doyen in fashion designing in Jamaica, is seriously ill in hospital. Her husband Dudley, who was in a room next to hers at the same hospital, battling his own illness, lost that battle. He died on January 2...
More delay in MP's case
A mix-up surrounding the schedule of West St Thomas member of parliament, James Robertson, yesterday prevented the police from serving him with summonses for the alleged use of abusive language and obstructing the police."The summonses were finished...
JFJ backs Police High Command
Local human rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is supporting the Police High Command's decision to transfer Detective Inspector Carlos Bell, the acting crime chief for St Thomas, to another parish.The group has also confirmed claims by Member...
BSI to question MP's bodyguards
The Head of the of Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), Assistant Commissioner Granville Gause, yesterday confirmed that he has made arrangements to interview the three policemen assigned to Member of Parliament James Robertson, as the probe deepens ...
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Who's in charge? 1 A recent development has more than just party insiders worried. Members of the public are asking for some kind of clarification to assist them with understanding just what happened ...