No wage freeze - Unions ready for new MoU talks
PUBLIC SECTOR workers can expect a no-wage-freeze policy during the next financial year, which starts on April 1, following the expiration of the current Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Prime Minister P.J. Patterson announced...

Rubbish raid irks businessmen
A STEALTH operation carried out by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), in collaboration with the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), in the downtown Kingston business district, has angered several proprietors...

GLEANER EDITORS' FORUM - Slow boat to Montego Bay - Customs broker chief says shipping containers from Kingston inefficient
RICHARD MINOTT, president of the Customs Brokers Association of Jamaica, has blasted the inefficient movement of containers from Port Bustamante in Kingston to Freeport in Montego Bay.

No leads in Golden Spring killing
THE ST. Andrew North police say they have made no breakthrough in the killing of Damion Hussey, the 22-year-old man who was beaten and stabbed, allegedly by People's National Party (PNP) supporters in Golden Spring, St. Andrew, on Sunday.

Eleventh-hour Jamalco strike talks
UP TO press time last night, Labour Minister Horace Dalley was meeting with union leaders and management representatives of Clarendon-based Jamalco alumina refinery in gruelling talks to avert the extended closure of the plant.

Minimum wage rises
THE NEW National Minimum Wage will move from $2,400 to $2,800 for a 40-hour work week as of January 30. Labour and Social Security Minister, Horace Dalley, yesterday announced the increase in the House of Representatives.

Housing Ministry slammed over unauthorised consultant
PARLIAMENT'S PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday rapped the Water and Housing Ministry for its employment of a consultant for a 10-month period without permission from the Ministry of Finance.