6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 20, 201
Tourism Pipe Dream – Bartlett Questions Future Of Harmony Cove Project. Harmony Cove, the much vaunted high-end tourism development, is unlikely to get off the ground this fiscal year, Oneika Miller,...
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I Won’t Resign! Despite mounting calls for his resignation as head of the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) over the controversial Outameni property purchase, Easton Douglas says he is going...
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NHT Board Adds Four. Resisting pressure to fire the remaining members of the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) amid the ongoing Outameni controversy, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller last...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 26, 2014
JUTC Bailout. Taxpayers are being asked to fork out $2.9 billion to further bail out the cash-strapped Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC)… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com Debate Opens On CCJ. Prime...
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More Than Money: Despite GSAT Success Of High-Priced Preps, Educators Claim Cash Not Needed To Do Well. With superior facilities and greater resources at their disposal, it is no secret that private...
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PM Plays Catch-Up. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said yesterday that the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) has been instructed to keep her posted regarding developments at the cash-rich...
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Jamaica Falls On Corruption Perception Index. Former Contractor General Greg Christie has harshly criticised the Government for its seeming lacklustre approach to fighting corruption even as the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 15, 2014
Portia Warns In-House Critics. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has reportedly taken members of her own political party to task for criticisms levelled at the Government and the board of the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 18, 2014
US-Cuba Embrace. It’s been long in coming but it has finally happened. That’s how Jamaicans are describing the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the United States (US) and Cuba, which had...
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What does 2015 hold for Jamaica? The Gleaner has published 87 prophecies from several members of the clergy (click here, here and here). While we wait to see how these prophecies unfold, here are eight...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 6, 2015
What A Disgrace! Senate At Odds Over Minister’s Proposed Role In Granting Urban Renewal Incentives. Unpatriotic and disgrace were just some of the words uttered in the Upper House yesterday to describe...
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Tax Cuts, Please – Mahfood Says Heavy Tariff Crippling Construction Sector. Slashing the excessive taxes on building materials while significantly cutting the waiting time for approvals from the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 24, 2015
No Need To Worry About Kick ‘Em Jenny – Lyew-Ayee. The impact of any tsunami (giant sea wave) caused by an eruption of Kick ’em Jenny, the underwater volcano located eight kilometres north of Grenada,...
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Portia, Andrew For The Leadership Debate. As it was four years ago, President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Portia Simpson Miller is set to square-off once again with Leader of the Jamaica...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 5, 2016
White Out, Wright In – PNP Replaces Embattled North Trelawny Standard Bearer. Agronomist Victor Wright has been selected to replace John-Paul White who has stepped aside as the People’s National Party...
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Police Tackle Road Crashes…’Three Es’ To Put Brakes On Traffic Accidents. Head of the police Traffic Division, Senior Superintendent Calvin Allen, has declared that the police will continue to operate...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 11, 2016
Royal Mess – Probe Launched Into Collapse At Hotel Construction Site In Negril. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has ordered an investigation into the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today- May 16, 2016
Royalton Engineering Firm Moves To Get Registered, Others Query Status. Therrestra Ltd, the engineering firm contracted to construct the Royalton Hotel in Negril, Hanover, where a section of a...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today- May 25, 2016
Housing Stimulus – Holness Announces New NHT Policy Targeting Low-Income Earners. LOW-INCOME earners will, effective July 1, have the opportunity to borrow up to $4.89 million per contributor, or $9.8...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today- May 31,2016
Conductor In Fatal Bus Crash To Face Manslaughter Charges. Thirty-six-year-old Rohan Robinson of Galina, St Mary, is expected to be charged with five counts of manslaughter as a result of last Friday’s...
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