The Finance Minister Audley Shaw has rejected claims by the PNP that bungling on the part of the government has resulted in delays in the finalization of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The People’s National Party president Portia Simpson-Miller also criticized the government over its management of the country’s economic and social affairs over the last two years.
The National Workers Union (NWU) is alleging that the Labour Ministry has been interfering in union related matters at the Grand Paladium hotel in Hanover.
Defending champions Tivoli Gardens scored a 2-1 victory over hosts Arnett Gardens at the Anthony Spaulding Complex last night to keep their perfect record in the new season of the Digicel Premier League.
Barbican remain on course to defend their title after outscoring Portmore Strikers 4-2 in the first leg final of the Sherwin Williams Women’s league yesterday.
Michael Owen scored in the sixth minute of added time to earn Manchester United a memorable 4-3 victory over Manchester City in a thrilling English Premier League derby clash at Old Trafford yesterday.
The Inter-Secondary-Schools Sports Association/Pepsi/Digicel Manning Cup competition continues this afternoon with Jamaica College, Camperdown, Bridgeport and Tivoli trying to protect their perfect records.
Jamaican World Champions Melaine Walker and Brigitte Foster-Hylton registered victories at yesterday’s Shanghai Grand Prix track and field meet in China.
South Africa’s government has demanded that athletics chief Leonard Chuene be sacked after he admitted lying about runner Caster Semenya’s gender test.
West Indies will enter their opening International Cricket Council Champions Trophy match against Pakistan on Wednesday without winning any of their two official warm-up matches.
Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket captain Daren Ganga has been given the green light to play in next month’s Champions League in India after an initial threat that he may have been denied time-off by his employers.