Gleaner/Don Anderson Poll - Voters want early election
THE MAJORITY of voters interviewed earlier this month want a general election to elect a new government before the constitutional due date of March next year. Almost 73 per cent of those who participated in The Gleaner/Don Anderson poll would like...
Senior policemen under probe for drug running
THE INVESTIGATION of drug running involving six rank and file policemen from the St. Andrew North Division has been intensified and The Gleaner understands that investigators have now turned their attention to senior police officers.
UK offers higher pay, tax breaks for recruited teachers
LONDON: TEACHERS IN the United Kingdom (UK) have been granted a big wage increase which will take effect on April 1. Education Secretary Estelle Morris is reported to have said the increase of 3.5 per cent on basic wages in an overall package...
Auditor-General queries Gov't Ministry's accounts
THE MINISTRY of Local Government and Community Development appeared before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last Tuesday, where it was revealed that three departments of the Ministry owed in excess of $160 million in statutory deductions.
Committee examines lifetime ID draft
A JOINT Select Committee of Parliament began the examination of the draft of the National Registration Act, 2000, at Gordon House last Thursday. The objective of the national registration system will be to provide each Jamaican citizen or long-term...
CIBC MoBay fetes customers
WESTERN BUREAU: MEMORIES OF the good old days, conversation pieces denoting a great party, loyal customers, butlers passed hors d'oeuvres, premium wines were all CIBC Montego Bay needed to reclaim its party frontier in the second city last Saturday...
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