Cops attacked
THE POLICE in St. Ann have launched a manhunt for a man who shot and injured two policemen in an early morning incident at the Claremont police station. The two policemen, whose injuries have not been considered serious were identified as Constable W...
JUTC, UAWU for Labour Ministry
THE MANAGEMENT of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) and the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) are to meet with representatives of the Ministry of Labour on Monday to settle the impasse which has affected operations at the...
Builders, NWA to discuss extortion
THE INCORPORATED Master Builders Association of Jamaica has requested an urgent meeting with the National Works Agency (NWA) to discuss proposals to address the growing problem of communities extorting money from contractors.
NWC starts redundancy programme
THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) yesterday started a redundancy programme which could result in as many as 600 workers losing their jobs, eventually. Wesley Nelson, senior negotiating officer at the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), which...
Hampden pays out millions to laid-off workers
IT WAS a hitch-free process for the majority of the 450 employees who gathered at Hampden Estate, Trelawny, yesterday, for their payments in lieu of notice, as Hampden closed its doors to the public for a rehabilitation and restructuring exercise.
History created, local car exported to the Bahamas
HISTORY WAS created in western Jamaica yesterday, when businessman Patrick Marzouca, founder/managing director of the Westmoreland-based company, Excel Motors Limited, shipped out the first locally manufactured vehicle, one of his spanking new Island...
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