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Political parties alone can't do it — Phillips
Monday, May 20, 2013
FINANCE Minister Peter Phillips said yesterday that it would take much more than the involvement of the country's political parties to lift Jamaica out of its current state. "Ultimately the search for an effective nation is going to have to engage the whole nation, not just political party organisation, but mobilising pe ...more
Appointment of blind Senate president raises optimism
Saturday, May 18, 2013
THE ascension of Senator Floyd Morris to presidency of the Senate yesterday raised a flag of hope for members of the disabled community that he would further champion their cause.
Senator Morris made history in 1998 by becoming the first blind perso ...more
Clarke offered nothing new in sectoral debate — Hutchinson
Saturday, May 18, 2013
OPPOSITION spokesman on agriculture, mining and natural resource use, JC Hutchinson has criticised Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke for offering "nothing new" in his recent sectoral debate contribution.
"I was really expecting him to present proje ...more
Tax policy underlines difference between PNP, JLP — Shaw
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Opposition Spokesman on Finance Audley Shaw says a "philosophical" difference between the ruling people's National Party and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) can be seen in the approach to taxation. The JLP, h ...more
Removal of illegal connections to sugar factories to cost Gov’t $200m
Thursday, May 09, 2013
THE Government is to pay the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) some $200 million to remove illegal connections to the service provided to former State-owned sugar factories from the homes of residents of surrounding communities.
Minister of Agriculture a ...more
Davies opens sectoral debate today
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
MINISTER of Transport, Works and Housing Dr Omar Davies will open the 2013/14 Sectoral Debate in Parliament this afternoon. Opposition Spokesman on Transport, Works and Infrastructure Development Karl Samuda will speak in the debate following the mi ...more
MPs to get overseas help in corruption fight
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
JAMAICAN parliamentarians will later this month get hands-on help from the Canadian Chapter of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), which is also expected to propose measures to strengthen the oversight capabilities ...more
Spalding shops: Parish Council knew
Sunday, May 05, 2013
IF Portia Simpson Miller, the prime minister, had caved in to the raging calls for Richard Azan's head, the North West Clarendon member of parliament would have been axed, unfairly, it is now apparent.
Information carefully pieced together by the Ja ...more
'Dudus' should testify — Witter
Sunday, May 05, 2013
PUBLIC Defender Earl Witter has suggested that former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher 'Dudus' Coke be called to appear before a commission of enquiry into the activities of the security forces and gunmen during the State of limited Emergency in ...more
Mike Henry and I are good, says Holness
Sunday, May 05, 2013
JAMAICA Labour Party Leader Andrew Holness has admitted that the relationship which soured between veteran politician Mike Henry and himself in past months, has taken a turn for the better.
Holness, who was a guest of Jamaica Observer senior editors ...more
Parliamentary Commissions need review
Sunday, May 05, 2013
After close to a three-year wait for its tabling, the arrival of the Office of Public Defender's report on the Tivoli Gardens incursion last Wednesday, almost knocked the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IM ...more
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