Mount Rosser delays Highway 2000 again

NEW PROBLEMS have surfaced on the controversial Mount Rosser leg of the Highway 2000 network, which is set to open in August, just months after the Government was forced to fork out an additional US$27 million to address technical difficulties that had emerged.

Committee seeks fewer restrictions for splinter property titles

The parliamentary Committee on Infrastructure and Physical Development wants local government authorities to revamp archaic laws that restrict landowners in subdivisions from obtaining splinter titles for properties....

Rastafarians want embassy in Ethiopia

A GROUP of Rastafarians living in Shashemene, Ethiopia, yesterday asked a Diaspora Affairs Committee of Parliament for assistance in lobbying the Government to urgently establish an embassy in the East African...

No report yet on Negril protest

WESTERN BUREAU: Three days after a fiery protest in the White Hall Phase III community of Negril, Westmoreland, the Police High Command has yet to provide a report on the incident. Numerous allegations have been laid against members of a police party that...

Appeal court frees man convicted for gun offence

The Court of Appeal has freed 25-year-old Denhue Harvey, apprentice welder of Red Hills Road, St Andrew, who was sentenced in July 2008 to 12 years' imprisonment for gun offences. Defence lawyer Everton Bird argued...

Men charged in Munster Rd ammunition find still waiting

Bail application for four men, including the police sergeant who was charged in connection with the seizure of 19 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition stolen from the constabulary force's armoury was on Wednesday...

Customs prepares for MoBay auction

Sundry items, inclusive of clothing, furniture, computer equipment, tools and household furnishings, will be up for auction at the Queen's Warehouse in Montego Bay, St James, on April 8 and 22.Claudette Coombs, acting collector of customs in Montego...

Police hunt cigarette smugglers

Police and customs investigators are trying to track down the person or persons behind a shipment of illegal cigarettes valued at $120 million, which was seized near the wharf last weekend. According to communications director for the Customs Department...

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