NCB sale settled
THE CONTROLLING interest in National Commercial Bank (NCB), held by FINSAC Limited, is to be sold to the Canada-based AIC Limited for $6.034 billion. The Canadian company will pay $2.65 billion for the 75 per cent shareholding in NCB held by FINSAC when.
Police training questioned
POLICEMEN ARE trained to use their firearms as a last resort after conventional methods have been tried and have failed, says Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mervin McNabb, firearms instructor at the Police Academy, Twickenham Park. DSP McNabb...
Enquiry aborts rural hearings
THE WEST Kingston Commission of Enquiry has aborted planned hearings in Portland and St. Elizabeth, because no one has come forward with any statement or written submission regarding the July 7-10 West Kingston gun violence and its impact on other...
Fire at JPSCo substation
A FIRE at the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPSCo) Duhaney substation left thousands of customers, mostly in the Corporate Area and sections of Portland, St. Catherine and St. Thomas, without electricity for up to two hours yesterday morning...
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