Customs delays hit imports, travel -Effect of modernisation
THE JAMAICA Customs Department is struggling with significant delays in the processing of travellers and their imports, just weeks after laying off or transferring more than 100 of its more seasoned workers as part of a...
No quorum delays Sectoral Debate
A LACK of a quorum forced a 70-minute delay to the second day of the Sectoral Debate yesterday, with three Government Members of Parliament down to speak. In the end only one, Information Minister Colin Campbell...
'Confession' frees murder accused
A JURY retired for three hours yesterday before freeing a man who, a policeman said, had confessed to a murder; but his lawyers produced court records to show that the accused man was at the Home Circuit Court at the time of...
Low funds halt downtown demolitions
GOVERNMENT'S THRUST to rid downtown Kingston of derelict buildings has fallen flat because of a lack of funding. The initiative began two years ago with a view to restoring some order and beauty to downtown Kingston...
Health Ministry urged to retain medical grads
A GENTLE warning to the Health Ministry to take "appropriate course of action" to retain young graduates in medicine was issued by the president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), Dr. Errol Daley, at the start...
MoBay abattoir ordered closed
WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST. JAMES Parish Council yesterday ordered the immediate closure of the Montego Bay abattoir ending weeks of speculation about the fate of the facility. Following a meeting between representatives...
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