Hustling outside the embassy
The skinny fellow with the scar across his left cheek and a head the size of a large melon, sauntered over to the plump woman dressed from head to toe in white. She, along with a few dozen others, was standing in line outside the United States Embassy in the Corporate Area, early one Monday morning....
PM confirms taking Lands, splitting Environment
The Golding administration on Tuesday night confirmed that the Lands portfolio and aspects of the Environment profile had been transferred to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The motivation behind the move was "to streamline the assignment of ministerial responsibilities",...
Smooth sailing at Slipe Pen Road clinic
Activities at the Comprehensive Health Centre on Slipe Pen Road in the Corporate Area appeared quite normal Tuesday, except for an initial reluctance to allow media access to the compound on the first day of the new health regime. Police inside the compound estimated that 200 persons...
Shaw defends possible spike in Budget
Finance Minister Audley Shaw on Tuesday fended off accusations from his opposition counterpart that the Golding administration had backtracked on its promise to dispense with supplementary estimates to the national Budget...
Cop to face new murder trial
Supreme Court Judge Kay Beckford has offered bail in the sum of $750,000 with sureties to Constable Glenroy McDermott, who is to face a new trial for the murder of a wanted man. He was convicted in 2006 of the murder of Michael Dorsett, otherwise called 'Buba' of Bull Bay, St Thomas...
NHT solar panel loans a hot sell
Effective April 1, contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) will be able to get loans under the homeowners' category to buy and install solar panels. Previously, NHT contributors who qualify for homeowners' loans could only use these loans to build...
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