New 'wish list'- Business leaders outline areas to be addressed
NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Dr. Peter Phillips was yesterday presented with a 'wish list' by major players in the private sector who met with him for two hours yesterday to devise plans to tackle the country's spiralling crime problem.
Columbus' descendant gets Key to Spanish Town
CRISTOBAL COLON de Carvajal, Duke of Veragua, who is the 20th direct descendant of Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, was honoured yesterday by the St. Catherine Parish Council.
Proposal to impeach MPs
SOME MEMBERS of the Opposition and political commentators are in support of the resolution moved by Government back-benchers in the House of Representatives on Wednesday to consider impeaching Parliamentarians who associate 'questionable characters'.
'Babsy' calls for code of conduct
OLIVIA 'BABSY' Grange, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for Central St. Catherine, has called for legislation to define the roles and accepted behaviour of parliamentarians.
More concerns over Terrorism Bill
THE CONTROVERSIAL Terrorism Prevention Bill will be debated in Parliament within a month if K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, has his way.
Privy Council upholds ruling - 'Interest rate charges were excessive'
THE UNITED Kingdom Privy Council has ruled that the Jamaican courts were correct when they disallowed the excessive interest rates charged by the defunct Century financial institutions for overdraft accounts...
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