Two employees of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) are now behind bars for allegedly collecting money from a customer with an irregularity on his premises.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw is accusing his predecessor, Dr Omar Davies of committing to a salary increase for public school teachers without cabinet approval.
Investigators are still to lay charges against the two men who were taken into custody in connection with last week’s murder of a female District Constable in Hanover.
The Trelawny Health Department has promised to send a team to the Mahogany Hall community in the parish following complaints by residents of a mosquito nuisance.
The police high command has revealed that the soldier who was involved in a fatal shooting incident at a club on Sunday night had been under investigation for a similar incident.
Meanwhile, the opposition Peoples National Party (PNP) has blasted the ruling Jamaica Labour Party for its inability to adequately put measures in place to deal with the spiralling crime rate.
The police are reporting that at least six people were shot dead and another five killed in motor vehicle accidents yesterday as the country observed National Heroes Day.
Head of the Major Investigation Task Force, Assistant Commissioner of police, Les Green is recommending that legislators implement a policy that would prohibit licensed firearm holders from carrying weapons to public gatherings.
The Opposition Peoples National Party is this afternoon slated to present its position on the government’s management of the country in the context of the global economy.
The minister without portfolio in the finance ministry Senator Dwight Nelson is today expected to make a report to the cabinet regarding the status of the realignment exercise for teachers.
The St Elizabeth Parish Council is expected to hold a meeting today regarding a fire, which gutted the Santa Cruz arcade in the parish on Sunday night.
The joint select committee set up to examine six anti-crime bills proposed by the government to help curb crime is this week expected to wrap up deliberations.
The Guild of students at the University of the West Indies, Mona, says it will be organizing counselling for students after three members of the school community were killed in a motor vehicle crash in St Mary, yesterday.
