6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 20, 2013
Prepaid Power?- Gov’t Flirts With The Possibility Of Buying Electricity Before Actual Use. The prospect of buying prepaid electricity may soon become a reality if a pilot project which is currently...
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Cash Plus Payday – US$75m Identified, Could Start Reimbursing Investors, According To Documents. Cash Plus investors have greeted news of a possible payout with excitement and cautious optimism....
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Lights On – Controversial Cuban Bulb Programme Coming Back. Western Bureau: Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell has declared that the Government will reintroduce the controversial Cuba-Jamaica Compact...
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Stop Killing Kids – Social Worker Pleads With Jamaicans To Talk, Not Fight. Noting that she and her team were fed up with having to respond to the violent deaths of children, a senior social worker...
View ArticleFurther Slippage: Bauxite & Alumina Industry
‘The long term future of the industry is as shiny as the metal itself’ concluded then Prime Minister Hon. Bruce Golding and other speakers after the 15th staging of the International Bauxite and...
View Article5 Facts: Rare Earth Elements
Jamaicans woke up in mid-January to the news that we have potentially been sitting on a multi-billion dollar mineral mine: rare earth elements (REEs), which are key ingredients in the manufacturing of...
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Change A Coming – Energy Minister Says Positive Move To Reduce Electricity Rates On The Horizon. There appears to a flicker of light emerging at the end of the proverbial tunnel that had for long been...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today: April 26, 2013
‘We’ve Been Butchered’: Holness Tells Gov’t To Backtrack On Taxes, Pitches 10-Point Formula. Opposition Leader Andrew Holness yesterday summoned the Portia Simpson Miller administration to halt plans...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 3, 2013
We Want $1m Each – Tivoli Residents Put Price On Their Loss. Happy that Public Defender Earl Witter’s report, at least an interim one, has finally been published, residents of Tivoli Gardens, west...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 14, 2013
Jamaica Pumping US$20m Into ICT Sector. The Jamaican Government is pumping an estimated US$20 million in the development of the information communication technology sector, Phillip Paulwell, science,...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 29, 2013
No More Delays – Gov’t Won’t Accept Further Hold-Ups In 360MW Project’s Bidding Process. Under pressure from several of the country’s powerful private-sector groups, Minister of Science, Technology,...
View ArticleIMF Watch: Is The Deadline For The 360 Megawatt Plant In Jeopardy?
In the IMF Agreement, the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP¶ 17) strategic investments are thoroughly outlined. The investments include specific growth projects in areas where Jamaica...
View ArticleIMF Watch – Update On The Deadline For The 360 Megawatt Plant
diGgers following on our blog post “Is The Deadline For The 360 Megawatt Plant In Jeopardy?” when we highlighted the significance of the investment as it relates to the IMF Agreement, we bring you an...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 8, 2013
SLB Widens Net – Noose Tightens On Debtors As Lender Gives Info To Credit Agencies. It could prove to be a case of ‘long run short catch’ for hundreds of delinquent student borrowers as the country’s...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 6, 2013
Jamaican Leaders React To Mandela’s Death. From presidents to prime ministers, across the globe, tributes resonated yesterday on every single media platform for Nelson Mandela, the first black...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 17, 2014
Enough Is Enough! East Kingston Residents, MP, Mayor, Bunting Walk For Peace After Infant’s Murder. Traumatised by raging acts of violence in Eastern Kingston which snatched the life of a 17-month-old...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – May 8, 2014
Pervert Teachers – Data Shows Sexual Predators Prevalent In Schools. Children’s advocate Diahann Gordon-Harrison is expressing grave concern over the fact that some teachers are “exhibiting predatory...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 13, 2014
Outameni Lawsuit. As pressure mounts on the Portia Simpson Miller administration over the controversial National Housing Trust (NHT) purchase of the property on which the Outameni Experience sits, the...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – December 3, 2014
PM Plays Catch-Up. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said yesterday that the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT) has been instructed to keep her posted regarding developments at the cash-rich...
View Article6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 5, 2015
Killed By Teens. Two 16-year-old suspects have been held for the murder of retired matron of the Falmouth Hospital, Hyacinth Hayden… Read more at Jamaica-Gleaner.com JUTC Clampdown. The Jamaica Urban...
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