'Not interested' - Some Phillips supporters back outof shadow Cabinet appointments
IT NOW seems certain that there will be no Dr Peter Phillips in the People's National Party's (PNP) shadow Cabinet to be named by Opposition Leader Portia Miller on Monday.
Simpson Miller was initially scheduled to announce the shadow Cabinet at a media briefing today....
JPS to standardise billing schedule
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says as of January 2009, no customer will be billed for a period in excess of 31 days.In the last two weeks, the utility company has came under pressure from customers and the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR)...
Fruit, vegetable prices to increase
Consumers should brace to fork out more for domestic food crops, such as watermelons and tomatoes, as St Elizabeth farmers continue to reel from the effects of Tropical Storm Gustav.Patroy Powell, who farms on a two-acre property in the parish, told The Gleaner...
NWC ordered to stop discharging untreated sewage
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is warning the National Water Commission (NWC) to immediately stop discharging untreated sewage in Long Mountain, St Andrew.The utility company was served with the enforcement notice by NEPA...
Schoolboys plead guilty to carnal abuse
Four schoolboys, aged 11 to 14 years, yesterday pleaded guilty to the joint charge of carnal abuse of a 13-year-old girl.The boys appeared in the Home Circuit Court before acting Justice Bertram Morrison. Their sentencing has been put off to October...
Paul Lyn resigns
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL Party (PNP) caretaker for North East Manchester and Spaldings businessman, Paul Lyn, has resigned.Lyn's resignation comes less than a week after the party's presidential election and after...
KSAC halts vending in Half-Way Tree
The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has sus-pended vending in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, with immediate effect.The corporation said the suspension will remain, pending a meeting with vendors on Sunday, and a clean-up of the parish capital on...
Lawyers object to new court rule
Some lawyers and litigants doing business at the civil division of the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court have raised objection to a new rule that court documents must only be served by the court's bailiff. The rule has...
Bolt stops by Regis and Kelly today
Triple Olympic gold medallist and world-record holder, Usain Bolt, is to appear on the popular television programme 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on the ABC network this morning.
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