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No-bid danger - IC raises eyebrows over high number of single-source and emergency contracts awarded by public bodies

July 15, 2026 | News
Seventy per cent of the more than 34,000 contracts entered into by Jamaican public bodies during the last financial year, with a combined value of $370 billion, were awarded using either the single-source or emergency-procurement methods, the Integrity Commission (IC) has disclosed.
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Image Plus to pay $620m for recent acquisitions
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Editorial | Fast-track IC cases

It may not be possible, or practical, to establish a special public-law division of Jamaica’s Supreme Court at this time. Given the court’s current workload and the continuing backlog of cases, we are likely to be told that there are simply too few judges for that to happen.

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