Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) pushes funding agenda - Denies that it is slow on campaign financing issue
The selected members of the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) have dismissed claims that the advisory body was not moving expeditiously to deal with the issue of campaign financing.
PM's Trafigura response inadequate
At least two organisations have expressed disappointment in statements made on Tuesday night by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, on the Trafigura Beheer scandal that has rocked the Government.
Trafigura will retain contract - for now
The Dutch company, Trafigura Beheer, will continue to lift oil on behalf of the country until an alternative dealer can be identified. This is despite controversy still swirling about a $31 million 'donation' to the ruling People's National Party ...
Mocho on UN climate change report
When the United Nations hosts a meeting on global climate change in Nairobi, Kenya, next month, Mocho in Clarendon is one of the areas that will be highlighted. Panos Caribbean, an information agency that does work...
Omar Davies orders probe into income tax leak
Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, has ordered an investigation into the leaking of income tax information to the media, detailing the business of Opposition Leader Bruce Golding.
... Remains confident in banking system
Finance Minister Omar Davies insisted yesterday that confidentiality in Jamaica's banking system remained intact, despite the recent leaking of bank records that seriously embarrassed the ruling People's National Party.
'Welcome to Middle Quarters' - the shrimp capital of Jamaica
Perlitta lifted the cover from the blackened dutch pot and used a giant leaf to fan the flames underneath. She shifted a log that was under the pot and a puff of white smoke rose to her eyes. She started to squint, but as a car whizzed by...
Man incarcerated for six years freed
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday freed a man who was incarcerated for six years because the presiding judge did not give adequate directions to the jury. Clive Marriott, 37, of Glengoffe, St. Catherine, was not represented on appeal...
New approach for poverty eradication programme
Coordinator of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NPEP), Lolita Knibb-Phillips, said her agency will soon be adopting a bottom-up approach in a bid to eradicate extreme poverty in Jamaica.
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