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ATL FRAUD CASE: 'Butch' reversed funds credited to his pension account

Tuesday, May 21, 2013


PHIPPS... cross-examined Davies

APPLIANCE Traders Limited (ATL) Chairman Gordon 'Butch' Stewart had taken steps to reverse funds credited to his account from the alleged unauthorised surplus distribution, the court was told yesterday during the fraud trial of three former ATL executives. The evidence was given by ATL Global Chief Financial Officer Davi ...more





Thwaites concerned about underpopulation at several schools

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

JUST over 79,000 unused spaces are available in the island's public schools, Education Minister Ronald Thwaites revealed yesterday. Thwaites provided the data during an early morning meeting with journalists at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston and s ...more

JPS investing US$5m in IT to improve service

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

THE Jamaica Public Service says it will be investing more than US$5 Million this year in critical information technology infrastructure as part of efforts to improve the quality of service it provides. "JPS remains committed to making the necessary ...more

CHASE Fund, sports continue to reap big benefits from SVL

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

SUPREME Ventures, the island's largest gaming company, doles out at least one billion dollars annually to the Culture Health Arts Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund. The company's president and CEO, Brian George, who made the disclosure yesterday, sa ...more

Floyd Morris: The blind wonder is a leader of men Pt 2

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Senator Floyd Emerson Morris continued his climb up the ladder of history on May 17, 2013 when he was sworn in as the first blind president of the Jamaican Senate. The extraordinary story of the life of Floyd Morris and his dizzying rise from quiet B ...more

Stanley Redwood COWARD OR HERO?

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Yes, he is a coward, he is supposed to set an example... running away because times are hard, sends the wrong message. Whatever happened to patriotism? DAVID TYLER Leave Rev Redwood alone. I believe these politicians in Parliament are just bad mind ...more

Put more trained teachers in basic schools, says MP

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GOVERNMENT backbencher Mikael Phillips wants the Ministry of Education to accelerate the placement of trained teachers in basic schools. "We need to get our schools up to the standard that when a child leaves an early childhood institution, he or sh ...more

Fence theft, unfair motorists frustrate Highway 2000 operators

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

TRANSJAMAICAN Highway Limited says it is finding it difficult to keep up with the frequency of breaches and theft of its fencing along Highway 2000. The Toll Authority, in its annual report for 2011-2012 tabled in Parliament last week, said while th ...more

PHOTO: NCB supports Wear Red Day

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) executives last Friday — dubbed 'Wear Red Day' — supported the Heart Foundation of Jamaica's mission to educate Jamaican women about their risk for heart disease. Here, Nadeen Matthews (left) ...more

This Day in History

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 1981: Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley is accorded a state funeral, 10 days after his passing in a Miami hospital. OTHER EVENTS 1840: New Zealand is declared a British colony. 1894: Serbian Constitution of 1869 is restored. 1927 ...more

PHOTO: Happy faces

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Students of Grafeful Hill Primary in St Catherine, apparently unconcerned about a protest at the school earlier yesterday, play outside a classroom after demonstrators left. Residents earlier padlocked the gate of the school to protest against plans ...more




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