Glasspole to be buried on Tuesday

FORMER GOVERNOR-General, Sir Florizel Glasspole, is to be given a state funeral next Tuesday. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson told the House of Representatives yesterday that funeral services would be held at the Coke Methodist Church, downtown Kingston...

NIBJ called on to rescue Caribbean Casting

THE NATIONAL Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) will be asked to rescue local foundry, Caribbean Casting and Engin-eering Limited, Kingston, to avoid a serious threat to the 2000/2001 sugar crop. NIBJ president Rex James confirmed yesterday a proposal...

Unauthorised pay hike for 12 at EOJ
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has been paying out nearly $2.5 million a year in increases to 12 employees whose salaries were jacked up in December 1998 without the approval of the Ministry of Finance and Planning. The revelation came at...

Lobby group joins CCJ debate
THE LOBBY group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), along with representatives from the private and public sector and community-based organisations, yesterday urged the Government to back down from its opposition to a referendum on establishing a Caribbean...

Knight calls on public to help in crime fight

MINISTER OF National Security and Justice K.D. Knight has called on law abiding Jamaicans to help in the fight against corruption to ensure that criminals do not overrun the country. Addressing a community meeting at the Port Maria Court house last...