JUTC bankrupt
The state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is technically insolvent, according to a review done by the management consulting firm, KPMG Peat Marwick. "The negative net worth as at February 2002 stood at $1.13 billion. In addition, accumulated..
Envoy cites £1m pension fraud
JAMAICANS WHO once lived and worked in the United Kingdom are collecting millions of British pounds lawfully through state pensions. But a large amount of pension funds have also been obtained through fraud, according to the Acting British High...
Police inspector transferred after threats
THE INSPECTOR of police at the August Town Police Station has been transferred following threats on his life, allegations of political bias and a march on the station last Thursday after a shooting in the area.Head of the Constabulary ...
Broken promises anger Wellington Glades residents
ANGRY RESIDENTS of the Wellington Glades town house complex in St. Andrew are hopping mad over Meridian Construction Company and the National Housing Development Corporation's (NHDC) failure to honour a promise to send agents to inspect houses which they.
Witness fails to show at Braeton Inquest
THE CORONER'S Inquest into the killing of seven young men by the police in Braeton, St. Catherine last year adjourned yesterday after the court was told that the witness scheduled to testify would not appear. The witness who...
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