Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Tuesday | February 17, 2009
'Utter rubbish' - Samuda says Government of Jamaica not considering foreign-exchange controls
KARL SAMUDA, the minister of industry, investment and commerce, has blasted the Opposition People's National Party (PNP), accusing it of attempting to create mischief by suggesting that he is advocating foreign-exchange control. "What they are implying is that I am calling... Read More...
Shaw: It has never been discussed
Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw says Government has no intention of reimposing controls in the foreign-exchange market.Reacting to a Reuters report which quoted Minister of Industry and Commerce Karl Samuda as saying ... Read More...
Pyne made hasty surgery decisions - report
Dr Dennis Pyne, a consultant vascular thoracic surgeon at the National Chest Hospital, has been accused of being hasty in his decisions to perform definitive surgery on patients before obtaining biopsy results. According to damning report... Read More...
Royals to award PM, wife today
Spanish national honours are to be conferred on Prime Minister Bruce Golding and wife, Lorna, during the two-day state visit to Jamaica by the king and queen of Spain.King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía are slated to arrive in the island this afternoon... Read More...
THE Spanish connection
King Juan Carlos I - Born in 1938 in Rome. Following the death of Francisco Franco, the previous head of state, Juan Carlos was proclaimed king in l975.He immediately set out to re-establish democracy. The transition to democracy started with the Political Reform Act of 1976.... Read More...
Outlaw J-Flag - Smith - MP says it could inspire wave of illegal groups
ERNEST SMITH, the member of parliament (MP) for South West St Ann, is resolute in his stance against local gay-advocate group, Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG).Smith told The Gleaner yesterday that the group's continued... Read More...
Tuesdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
Settling one's debt. 1 The embattled one is looking to a few high-profile persons to come to his assistance as he tries to extricate himself from the mire. Read More...
