A strident Contractor General Greg Christie has declared that a death threat, punctuated with expletives, received on Tuesday afternoon by a senior director at the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) will not prevent his office from fulfilling its mandate.
United States-based aviation expert, Michael Slack, says information released yesterday by investigators probing an incident where American Airlines Flight 331 overshot the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston shows that it was "not just pilot error, but pilot recklessness".
Contractor General Gregg Christie yesterday revealed that his office had uncovered an elaborate criminal conspiracy involving a group of sham contractors, exploiting the National Housing Trust (NHT). In releasing the bombshell, Christie revealed that some of his staff are likely to be involved in the racket, forcing him to clean house.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of serious crime in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Les Green, has declined to speak extensively about the latest round of threats reported to him by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) against one of its senior directors.
VERY RARELY will people give their time and effort, except for good old-fashioned money. However, there is an even greater reward that may inspire such gestures, especially when the effort is strenuous, burdensome hard labour.
The contents of recordings made by Rodney Chin in regard to the Cuban light-bulb racket may be made public on Monday if Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn succeeds in having them admitted into evidence.
The Government says it does not expect to receive individual claims from the more than 70 bargaining groups representing public-sector workers, three months before a new contract period is scheduled to get under way.
THE SUDDEN redundancy of 83 members of staff at The Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall has not only sent shock waves through the workers who were fired yesterday, but owners of the resort, Rose Hall Resort LP, were also stumped by the development.
Health minister Rudyard Spencer has confirmed that between $700,000 and $800,000 was spent by the National Health Fund (NHF) to purchase tickets for staff members, management and board members to the Shaggy and Friends concert.
WESTERN BUREAU: Up to press time last night, local police could not confirm or deny that a Jamaican ship carrying one tonne of cocaine was seized by Dutch authorities in The Netherlands last week.The drug, with a reputed...
Noted United States criminal attorney, David O. Marcus, has expressed confidence that dancehall star Buju Banton will be freed of criminal charges. "We're ready to fight this thing - the government's case has got no soul," Marcus told The Gleaner yesterday...
Jamaican police yesterday acknowledged they have been monitoring the movements of radical Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abdullah El-Faisal, who is currently facing deportation from Kenya.Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge...
Prominent US-based Jamaican attorney, Carlton Hume has noted that financial settlements between airlines and passengers on international flights that are disrupted can be quite substantial. He disputes the notion that the threshold is US$135,000...
Have you taken the opportunity of a new year to make resolutions or set goals? If so, you need to be smart about it. Almost any personal-development book or basic management course will deal with goal setting.
The Government has scoffed at demands from the opposition People's National Party (PNP) for Parliament to resume sittings by next week. "We will not be rushed," was the Government's curt response yesterday to the Opposition's call...
The full slate of the parliamentary Opposition, minus Kern Spencer, showed up at Gordon House yesterday as members sought to turn up the heat on the Bruce Golding administration to resume sittings of the House of Representatives and the Senate...
THE LARGE plot of cleared land is in stark contrast to adjoining areas characterised by overgrown vegetation, mostly cassia and macca bush. Six years ago, the area located on the outskirts of Westchester in Portmore was mostly cassia and swamp...
Shantal Pellington of Seaview Gardens spends much of her time reflecting on her future, and was caught off guard when her own short story about reflection won an award for best short story in Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) English...
Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn yesterday found herself on the ropes as she led evidence against Kern Spencer and Coleen Wright in the Cuban light-bulb corruption trial in the Corporate Area...
The island's teachers will be seeking a salary increase despite a wage freeze for public-sector workers already announced by the Government. President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Michael Stewart, said they had already calculated...
Acting Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington yesterday revealed that the nation only just missed the highest number of murders in a year. In addressing the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) at its annual devotion held at the commissioner's office...
At least three schools remained closed yesterday at the beginning of the new academic term, as a result of delays in the completion-of-repairs exercises. Education Minister Andrew Holness, in an interview with The Gleaner, confirmed the delays....
The Word of the Lord through Apostle Steve Lyston, Bishop Doris Hutchinson, Prophetess Sophia Kerr-Dawes, Pastor Michelle Lyston and Minister Nadra Brotherton....
Becoming pregnant at age 13 did not prevent Shermin Green from being among Northern Caribbean University's (NCU) graduating class of 2009. Born in Hammerton district, St Ann, Green is currently a member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force...
THE 2009 Employee of the Year at MayBerry Investments Limited, Ann Lapyette-Francis, has her eyes firmly set on reaching the top in the financial institution."My goal is to be the top of everything I do and this is just a stepping stone for me....
