No cash to pay - Cash Plus must recover funds on failed transactions - receivers' report
CASH PLUS lenders have received more bad news as the report of the receiver/manager for the failed entity found that the company will not be able to repay its depositors until it acquires a substantial portion of the real estate and recovers deposits it made on failed transactions...
More men getting tested for HIV
More men are turning up at the offices of Family Planning Association of Jamaica (FAMPLAN) to get tested for HIV, signalling that more men are now ready to know their status. This is according to Theresa Gaynor, assistant to the chief executive officer at FAMPLAN Jamaica...
Grow agriculture to develop the nation - Grant
Growth within the agricultural sector is one of the most critical factors required to drive continued development within the nation, according to Senator Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS). Speaking at yesterday's launch of Agrofest...
Marine boats washed up
Minister of National Security Colonel Trevor MacMillan says he will launch an investigation into the circumstances which led to at least 13 boats assigned to the Marine Police division being out of service."I will speak to the commissioner (Rear Admiral...
Sandals employees perish in car crash
ORANGE BAY, Hanover: Two entertainment coordinators employed to Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay, St James, died in a motor vehicle collision along the Orange Bay main road in Hanover on Sunday afternoon. The police say 19-year-old Akerie Christian of Neptune Avenue...
June deadline for case file in British nurse's murder
WESTERN BUREAU: The prosecution has been given until June 16 to complete the case file in the matter against the St James man implicated in the murder of a 61-year-old retired British nurse in March. The accused, 30-year-old Omar Reid of Somerton, St. James, will remain in custody...
Attorney faces fraud claims
Well-known attorney-at-law and former talk show host, Antonnette Haughton-Cardenas, has been summoned before the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to three counts of fraudulent conversion.This was confirmed yesterday by a spokesperson at the Constabulary...
Tuesdaytalk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT
1. Duel of dual citizens - The matter of dual citizenship has taken centre stage. While the Constitution must be followed to the letter, one cannot help asking how come a person aged 21 from a country like, say, Vanuatu ...
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