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Feb 22 Execution is key, says Bunting
Peter Bunting, the minister of national security, says the difference in his approach to tackling the country's crime problem will be in the way his policies are executed."Talk is cheap and anything you can find has been said (before)...
Feb 22 Commish to stay on
National Security Minister Peter Bunting yesterday sought to quash speculation that Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington is on his way out the door.Bunting, who was speaking during a Jamaica House press conference, insisted Ellington...
Feb 22 Among the proposed Budget cuts...
HealthSOME $18 million which was earmarked for the purchase of equipment for hospitals will not be disbursed this fiscal year.The second supplementary estimates of expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday, also indicate that another...
Feb 22 Dire Budget cuts
FINANCE MINISTER Dr Peter Phillips has signalled his intention to swing a $21.6-billion axe into the national Budget. By way of a second supplementary estimates of expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday...
Feb 22 JEEP funds ready
MORE THAN 5,000 Jamaicans are set to receive short-term employment under the much-touted Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), which yesterday received $4.2-billion worth of fuel to get the vehicle...
Feb 22 Marketing Counselors is tops
A sense of déjà vu permeated the air yesterday as Marketing Counselors took the top prize once again at The Gleaner's Annual Advertisers' Appreciation and Agency Awards....
Feb 22 JCA defends Simpson Miller ... says WICB 'out of order'
The Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) has come out in strong support of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, who on Monday was chastised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for allegedly making ill-advised statements regarding the ongoing impasse....
Feb 21 Massive St James raid leads to 30 arrests, 12 vehicles seized
WESTERN BUREAU: Following the arrest of 30 people and the seizure of properties in raids across St James last weekend, Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green, head of the Major Investigation Task Force, says the police...
Feb 21 Bunting to address crime spike today
MOUNTING PUBLIC pressure and fears that murders might once again surge out of control have forced the administration into action with National Security Minister Peter Bunting set to address a press...
Feb 21 EOJ gears up for local gov't polls
DIRECTOR OF Elections Orrette Fisher has intimated he is still awaiting a key question from Government about his office's readiness for the local government elections."There is usually some consultation, so I would anticipate that someone will indicate...
Feb 21 A fresh start - Chamberlain gets second chance after 40 years fighting drug addiction
After more than 40 years struggling with crack cocaine addiction, Clayon Chamberlain is giving God thanks for a second chance. No more do his neighbours refer to him as a crackhead. He is now 'Mr Chamberlain'. And that brings tears to his eyes....
Feb 21 Walker hits back at critics
Danville Walker has scoffed at the cynical reactions of some members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) over his decision to end his short stint in representational politics. Walker, who yesterday revealed he had only...
Feb 21 Roper to head new JUTC board
The Reverend Garnett Roper, president of the Jamaica Theological Seminary and newspaper columnist, has been appointed to head the board of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). A new managing director is also to be...
Feb 21 Campbell supports idea for national insurance pool but ...
NORTH WEST St Ann Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell says he supports the call for the establishment of a national insurance pool to fund health care in the public sector.Dr Ken Baugh, the opposition spokesman...
Feb 20 Canadian visitors to fly in on Sun Wing
WESTERN BUREAU: With Jamaica taking top position as the fastest-growing leisure destination for Canadians, a tour operator out of that country, Sun Wing, is forecasting that by 2013 it will deliver 100,000 visitors...
Feb 20 Opposition bats for national health scheme
OPPOSITION LEADER Andrew Holness has said the fear of a proposed national health insurance scheme being seen as a new tax should not prevent the proposal from being considered."Suppose we were able to make it not burdensome, suppose we were able to make...
Feb 20 Give Portia nowhere to hide
THE PARLIAMENTARY opposition seems desperate to paint Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as being incapable of answering impromptu questions....
Feb 20 More youths getting high
More of today's youth are experimenting with drugs, with an increase in the use of ecstasy and heroine. That is the word from the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), which says the trend has been continuing since the last survey done six years ago....
Feb 20 EOJ gets cash for local gov't polls
A MEMBER of the Portia Simpson Miller-chaired Cabinet says the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has been provided with funds to commence its preparations for the local government elections. Peter Bunting, who is also...
Feb 20 Sigma Run: Record-breaker
The $50-million target set by the organisers of the 2012 edition of the PanCaribbean Sigma Corporate Run might have been considered a difficult task. However, determined to meet the target, more than 70 corporate companies...
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