The Opposition Peoples National Party (PNP) has described as inadequate the measures outlined by the Prime Minister Bruce Golding to deal with the likely impact of the global financial crisis on Jamaica.
Economic Analyst, Ann Shirley argues that the tourism sector will be dealt a major blow despite claims by Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett that there will not be a massive fallout in visitor arrivals to Jamaica.
Labour Minister, Pearnel Charles is currently in Washington DC assessing the impact the current financial crisis in that country will have on Jamaica’s overseas work programme.
The energy minister Clive Mullings has again expressed disappointment at the number of failures, which have recently occurred in the operations at the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS).
Residents of Mount Edgecombe and Cardiff Hall in Runaway Bay, St Ann will have to wait a while longer before the poor drainage problem threatening homes in those communities is addressed.
The driver of a motorcar is facing a charge of manslaughter after the vehicle he was operating mowed down three people at a bus stop in Portmore, St Catherine yesterday.
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Huntley Medley is refuting claims that he was fired because he had a difficulty working with the Agency’s Advisory Board.
The finance ministry is to meet with the Jamaica Teachers’ Association next week to decide on a payment method for outstanding sums owed to the association.
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has called an emergency meeting for this afternoon in Ocho Rios, St Ann to discuss the likely impact the world financial crisis is likely to have on the tourism sector.
The police are yet released the identity of a senior officer in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) who was killed yesterday in a motor vehicle accident in St Andrew.
Despite several weeks of intense negotiation between the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) and the finance ministry, there is still uncertainty surrounding the salary increase to be granted to teachers.
Twenty-eight-year-old labourer Christopher Dixon, of Seaview Gardens, St Andrew, who is charged with the murder of 29-year-old psychic Safa Asuntuwa is to face a retrial on November 24.
Information Minister Babsy Grange has sought to dispel speculations that Huntley Medley was fired from his post as Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) because of political reasons.
