Bruce fires back - Dismisses nepotism claims as 'scurrilous'
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding yesterday rejected the Opposition's allegations that he had engaged in nepotism in the Ferry land saga, calling the claims "scurrilous". Golding was like an angry fast bowler when he spoke in Parliament yesterday, scoffing at the Opposition...
Of politics and 'politricks'
Yeah, mon!Politics is in the air and on the lips of everyone following Barack Obama's victory in last Tuesday's United States presidential election. Jamaicans, too, are creating a stir. According to a recent release from the ANI news agency in London...
Commish admonishes pranksters
Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin yesterday warned that serious action would be taken against anyone found guilty of making false reports of abductions."Where we can prove that somebody deliberately led us astray, we have to take serious...
Elderly men sentenced for human trafficking
Despite pleas from defence lawyers for a non-custodial sentence, two elderly men were yesterday each sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for conspiracy to trafficking in persons involving a 14-year-old girl.In sentencing 55-year-old woodcrafter Agon...
Fewer barrels for Christmas - 11 per cent drop in domestic cargo
Customs brokers are reporting that there has been an 11 per cent drop in domestic cargo since August. The shipment of barrels, alone, for this Christmas season has declined by some 35 per cent when compared with last year...
Death penalty debate left hanging
THE LONG-anticipated debate on the death penalty stalled shortly after it began in Gordon House yesterday.Debate on the issue hit a snag after emphasis shifted from the retention or rejection of capital punishment to the preservation or shedding of ties...
PCJ board chairman fired
The chairman of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Ian Moore, has become the latest official to be fired since the Bruce Golding administration took office.Already the 13-month-old Govern-ment has replaced the entire board of the Urban...
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