O-Wrap: Hermitage Dam at 42.5%… Gov’t testing NIDS verification system… Explain the falling dollar, PNP insists
In case you missed it, here are the OBSERVER ONLINE’S top 10 story for today:
1. Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud accused awaits trial date
A trial date is expected to be set when the accused in the Manchester Municipal Corporation corruption case returns to court on September 14.
2. Hermitage Dam water level falls to 42.5%
The Hermitage Dam is now at 42.5 per cent capacity, down from the 48.9 per cent that was reported by the National Water Commission (NWC) last Tuesday.
3. Chang urges J’cans to join fight against human trafficking
Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang is calling on Jamaicans to join the fight against Human Trafficking.
4. Debt restructuring, imports driving cost of US dollar — Williams
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams says the two main factors contributing to the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar against the US dollar are the debt restructuring of companies and an increase in imports, which simultaneously create a higher demand for the foreign currency.
5. Damage from tariffs not felt yet but ‘will come’ — WTO chief
Major consequences of the tit-for-tat tariffs being levied by top economies are not evident yet “but they will come” and will wreak havoc across the global economy, the World Trade Organization chief warned Wednesday.
6. Human trafficking survivor partners with Lasco to offer scholarship for victims
Human trafficking survivor Shamere Mckenzie has announced that she will be partnering with Lasco to offer scholarship to victims.
7. Gov’t providing $8.39b in high school budgetary support — Reid
The Government says it has earmarked $8.39 billion in budgetary support for high schools for the 2018/19 academic year.
8. eGov Jamaica testing electronic verification system for NIDS
Work is advanced in developing the technology architecture that will be utilised for the electronic verification of people under the National Identification System (NIDS).
9. BOJ must explain the falling dollar, PNP insists
The People’s National Party (PNP) is again expressing concern at what it calls a lack of communication from the Bank of Jamaica BOJ) on the recent rapid depreciation in the value of the Jamaican dollar.
10. Work to verify Cockpit Country boundary underway — Reid
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Ruel Reid says the Forestry Department is undertaking work to verify the estimated boundary of the Cockpit Country.
