Commish signals big changes for JCF
WESTERN BUREAU: Commissioner of police Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin has said the strategic review of the Jamaica Constabulary Force was complete and that changes would stem from it. "We have started a journey to transform and cleanse our police force,"...
No hike in GCT
JIS: Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has denied reports in the press suggesting that the general consumption tax will be raised in April. "Nonsense. That is speculation," Shaw said, as he addressed the 2009 Kingston Money Expo...
Time-out facility in St Bess
The Ministry of Education has identified a location in the parish of St Elizabeth to serve as the future home of a time-out facility for disruptive and disorderly students. Education Minister Andrew Holness had announced recently that students with behavioural problems...
Documents suggest bank built on lies - Sir Allen stanford affair
Washington DC (AP): By serving a select and wealthy clientele, employing top-flight talent and being "a privately held institution free to focus on our No.1 priority, which is our clients", Stanford was able to earn "premium returns"...
Exploit Jamaica's true potential, says PM
WESTERN BUREAU: While inviting Spanish investors to construct more hotel rooms on the island, Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Wednesday implored his ministers to bolster strategic collaboration with Latin America in order to exploit Jamaica's true potential...
Air Jamaica to profit by 2010
BRUCE NOBLES, chief executive officer (CEO) of Air Jamaica, said Wednesday that the airline was projecting to break even in the next six months and make a profit by next year.This forecast comes even as the national airline prepares to send home an unspecified ...
Fishermen unwilling to comply with registration
A PERFORMANCE audit of the Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture has pointed to a lukewarm response from the division to widespread disregard by registered fishers for the laws governing the industry. A report, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday last week...
More violence on third night of protests
BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe (AP): Rioters fired at police, stormed a city hall and burned several stores in a third night of violence on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, officials said yesterday, as France proposed to boost salaries ...
Court frees policeman of assault charge
A policeman who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment after he was convicted of an assault charge has been freed by the Court of Appeal. Constable Gregory Givans was on bail pending the outcome of his appeal against his conviction and sentence. ...