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Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
published: Wednesday | April 19, 2006

'Colossal mistake' - Government to reap no financial benefit from Cricket World Cup
OPPOSITION LEADER Bruce Golding yesterday described the Government's decision to host Cricket World Cup 2007 as a colossal error, after the Government admitted it would gain no financial benefit from hosting the event.

...Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) queries Sandals report
THE GOVERNMENT yesterday revealed that it has yet to receive a formal report on massive cost overruns on the controversial Sandals Whitehouse project in Westmoreland. Responding to queries from the Opposition during yesterday's sitting of Parliament's...


Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) wants teacher skills improved
OCHO RIOS, St Ann: RUEL REID, president of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), has called for a constant upgrading of teacher skills to allow them to manage schools properly. He said yesterday that Jamaica's education system is at a crossroads...


Court upholds award to paraplegic
THE COURT of Appeal has ruled that Supreme Court Judge Bryan Sykes was correct when he made an award for aggravated and exemplary damages to a paraplegic man who was severely beaten by the police.


Latest Scotland Yard appointee joins Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF)
THE LATEST Scotland Yard detective to be appointed Assistant Commissioner of Police began work yesterday. Paul Robinson takes over the management of the Operations and Firearms unit of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).


'Jamaica hanging on the fringes of decency'
WESTERN BUREAU: CLAIMING JAMAICA has lost hold of its moral compass, Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, Reverend Dr. Alfred Reid says the nation is now hanging on the fringes of morality and decency.


Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says hiked bills settled
LESS THAN two years after Hurricane Ivan ravaged the island and light bills sky rocketed, the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) is reporting that all customers who saw a hike in their monthly bills have been reimbursed.


Power company nabs high profile electricity thieves
A ST. MARY dentist is among three high-profile businesspersons who have been apprehended by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) over the past 10 days, in connection with theft of electricity amounting to over $9 million.


Unions, Government at odds over settlement offer
THE GOVERNMENT has put aside $8.8 billion to settle a new wage agreement yet to be signed off with public sector workers. Dr. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning, made the disclosure at yesterday's Standing Finance Committee meeting at Gordon..


Social programme for volatile Montego Bay communities
WESTERN BUREAU: More than 400 at-risk youth in several volatile Montego Bay communities will be the focus of a new social intervention programme, dubbed the Montego Bay Human Development Project.




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