Jamaica Gleaner - Lead Stories - Tuesday

'Ochi' abandoned - Business leaders want back resort board

Business leaders in the resort town of Ocho Rios, St Ann, are bemoaning the leadership malaise in that area, and they claim that the parish council is not in charge. The issue came to light during a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the Sunset Jamaica Grande ...

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Politicians furious over demand for brownings

As anger boils in Jamaica over reports of colour prejudice in the job market, a livid labour and social security minister, Pearnel Charles, has likened the skin-tone discrimination to apartheid South Africa...

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Out in the cold

Colin Fagan, the member of parliament (MP) for South East St Catherine, has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the system used by the State to determine who qualifies for welfare benefits. Fagan charged that many people in genuine need...

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Bunting's PSOJ criticism causes tension in PNP

General Secretary of the People's National Party (PNP), Peter Bunting, has moved to calm jitters in the party ahead of this weekend's annual conference and in the aftermath of his caustic criticism of the Private...

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PwC starts audit of new JPS meters

Following complaints by several Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) customers of unusual increases in their electricity bill after the installation of the new digital meters, the company has contracted PwC to conduct an audit of its meter-replacement programme.

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Palisadoes subcontractors label sabotage claim a red herring

The wrath of subcontractors associated with the troubled airport road project in east Kingston burned yesterday in the morning heat as they reacted to claims that work had been halted because of marauding...

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Venezuela tightens oil supplies to Jamaica

IT APPEARS that all may not be well at the state-owned oil refinery. A notation in the revised public bodies budget recently presented to Parliament indicates that Petrojam has been hit with a major problem."...

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My hubby's dirty secrets

Q: I have been married for more than 12 years and thought I was happily married. I had known my husband from high school and we were sweethearts from those days....