Leaders of two major business lobbies have expressed optimism about the sharp decline in murders and other serious crimes in 2023 and hope maintenance of that trajectory will boost the economy.
Driver of garbage truck that killed Clan Carthy schoolboy sentenced to one year and seven months
Written by Super UserThe driver of the garbage truck that overturned, killing Clan Carthy Primary School student Benjamin Bair four years ago, was sentenced to one year and seven months for manslaughter.
Alten Brooks was arrested and charged in 2019 after the seven-year-old boy was crushed to death on October 28 on the school grounds.
Reports are that about 4:30 pm, Benjamin was at school when the garbage truck that had been picking up trash hit a taxi and then overturned on the boy.
It was reported that at the time of the incident, the truck was left unmanned and that it slid down a slope.
The driver initially fled the scene.
Gone with the wind - Bolt's money merely passed through SSL
Written by Super UserJAMAICAN track and field icon Usain Bolt pumped US$6.5 million into the investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) between 2012 and 2017 but almost as soon as the money was deposited it was moved out without his knowledge.
Clarke labelled derelict by Opposition over handling of FSC report
Written by Super UserMore questions have arisen about the quality of oversight state regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), gave to the now-fraud-hit Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) as a 2019 assessment revealed that a string of violations flagged more than two years earlier continued to dog the institution.
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Chang says govt will not relent on traffic ticket amnesty deadline
Written by Super UserDespite howls of protest about the government’s refusal to extend the current traffic ticket amnesty deadline for motorists to pay long-outstanding fines, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang is insisting that the January 31 deadline is in place to help sustain law and order.
Police need more time in JDF Credit Union fraud probe
Written by Super UserThe seven former employees of the Jamaica Defence Force Cooperative Credit Union Limited charged with defrauding the institution had their matter sent to plea and case management when they appeared in court Friday.
Chaos at traffic court as ticket payment deadline looms
Written by Super UserThere is a major traffic pile-up around sections of South Camp as hundreds of motorists are now gathered on the road trying to reach to Traffic Court to pay up outstanding tickets before the new Road Traffic Act and Regulations takes effect on Wednesday, February 1.
Shaw vows to end drivers' licence buying schemes
Written by Super UserWhile disclosing that children are illegally driving vehicles locally, Transport and Mining Minister, Audley Shaw, is vowing to put an end to the long-time illegal practice of persons purchasing their driver's licences.