Olint raided - Authorities shut down offices in Turks and Caicos, Miami
A joint team of United States and Turks and Caicos law enforcement officers reportedly raided the offices of multibillion-dollar investment club Olint Corporation on those islands yesterday. The Gleaner learnt yesterday that Olint's offices in Miami, Florida, were also ordered closed ...
Dexter Lee gets hero's welcome
Western Bureau: Despite the conspicuous absence of city officials and members of the sporting fraternity, star athlete Dexter Lee, who won the coveted 100-metre gold medal at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, in Poland last week, got a hero's welcome on his return home...
Cop killed by colleague in motor vehicle accident
Spanish Town, St Catherine: AlThough Constable Mark Needham made sure to pay his monthly contribution to a group savings plan before leaving for work yesterday, he will never see the benefits. Needham became one of the latest victims of the road, dying in a motor vehicle accident...
Agriculture ministry to analyse fertiliser report
Newport Fersan, the island's sole manufacturer of fertiliser, was yesterday preparing a report for the Ministry of Agriculture on its pricing policies regarding the main ingredient used by farmers. Prime Minister Bruce Golding had suggested the entity might be engaged in price...
Kencot Christian Fellowship hosts health-care clinic
As part of its outreach programme, the Kencot Christian Fellowship Church in Kencot, St Andrew, will this year again offer medical assistance to hundreds of Jamaicans. The health- care clinic is scheduled to run from July 22-25....
Walker boasts 25% revenue increase
Just six weeks into his post as com-missioner of customs, Danville Walker has raked in about 25 per cent more in tax revenue for the month of June, compared to the corresponding period last year. In June 2007, the Customs Department collected $4.1 billion...
Dabdoub case set for November 24
The appeal which People's National Party candidate Abe Dabdoub has filed against the ruling in his dual citizenship case against Daryl Vaz is set for hearing on November 24. The date was set yesterday at a case-management conference, presided over by Justice Dennis Morrison...
Phillips blames political system for nation's crises
People's National Party (PNP) presidential contender Dr Peter Phillips is casting blame on the political system for the crises facing the nation. Speaking at a luncheon for St Andrew Rotarians, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston yesterday.
Cuba claims bulb shortfall
THE CUBAN government appears to have claimed responsibility for most of the bulbs the auditor general had identified as missing in his special report on the Cuban light-bulb programme. Michael Peart, opposition spokesman on mining and energy, read what...
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