North-coast development could threaten water supply, says environmentalist
Intense resort development on the island's north coast could pose a serious threat to potable water supply, an environmentalist says. A 2005 report by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica has also pointed to the slow drying up of freshwater supply due mainly to seawater intrusion in groundwater supplies.
Courts' accounting records in shambles
Poor accounting practices within the nation's courts, costing the country millions of dollars, will be the main agenda item when the Ministry of Justice goes before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, May 13.
Timeframe not workable, says Panton
The Hon Seymour Panton, president of the Court of Appeal, commenting on the pressing issue of the shortage of jugdes in the judicial system and tardy judgment, says he has put a timeframe in which judgments must be handed down. However, the court has been unable to stick to the schedule because the system requires another panel of judges.
The Manley Memoirs - Secret love affairs
Today, The Sunday Gleaner publishes the final instalment of its series of excerpts from Beverley Manley's new book, The Manley Memoirs.
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