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NWC worker loses appeal
FITZROY FISHER, senior internal auditor, employed to the National Water Commission (NWC), has lost his appeal against his conviction and two-year-prison sentence for defrauding the NWC. The prosecution said at the trial that the fraudulent scheme...
Prisoner dies in lock-up
THE POLICE are awaiting a medical report to establish the cause of death of a 20-year-old prisoner found dead in a cell at the Linstead police lock-up in St. Catherine. A report from the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) identified the prisoner...
'Cuba open for business'
FOREIGN TRADE Minister Anthony Hylton yesterday expressed optimism that a Cdn$5 million line of credit which has been made available to Cuban importers through the National Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) could soon translate into increase trade between..
Cable operators rush
to meet deadline
THERE WAS a last-minute flood of applications into the New Kingston offices of the Broadcasting Commission yesterday as local cable operators rushed to meet a 5:00 p.m. deadline for them to provide proof the channels they offer are accessed legally. ...
Prisoners on the run
TWO PRISONERS fled to freedom in a daring mid-afternoon escape from the Kingston Central police lock-up yesterday. It was the ninth jailbreak in nine years from the station near the centre of the downtown business district.
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