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AuGD raps labour ministry for inefficiencies - Poor recordkeeping, scant regard for addressing deficiencies among concerns
The Auditor General’s Department has strongly reprimanded the Ministry of Labour and Social Security for its inertia in responding to worrying internal audit findings that repeatedly flagged significant internal control deficiencies placing...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Budget deadlock - Examination of Estimates halted as legal opinion sought on rule breach claim
Solicitor General Marlene Aldred is expected to provide legal guidance to a parliamentary oversight committee that halted its examination of the First Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure yesterday, claiming that it could not proceed until the Government complied with stipulations under the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Heritage reports $2.8b in revenue - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
HERITAGE Petroleum Co Ltd has recorded $2.8 billion in revenue for the six month period ended March 31. In a statement accompanying the company's unaudited summary consolidated financial statements for that period, Heritage chairman Michael Quamina said, "As the world economy slowly resumes its
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Major sanitisation of St James Street, Sam Sharpe Square on Sunday
CARIBBEAN Cement Company Limited and Jamaica Pre-Mix Concrete Limited are assiting the St James Municipal Corporation to sanitise streets in the parish capital, Montego
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Conflict of interest twist in Petrojam-Integrity tango? - Refinery director is commissioner at corruption watchdog
The Integrity Commission (IC) says Wayne Powell, one of its commissioners who is also a board member of Petrojam, has recused himself from “all” matters relating to the scandal-scarred state-owned oil refinery. The Integrity Commission is Jamaica’...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Gov’t unaware of PAC pressure on Auditor General to name journalist
The Holness administration says it's "not aware" of the circumstances in which government representatives on a parliamentary committee yesterday demanded the name of a journalist who reported on an issue being deliberated in...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Rwanda: Senate to Summon Government Over Anomalies in Expropriations
[New Times] The plenary sitting of the Senate that was held virtually on March 10, resolved to summon a representative of the central government to provide verbal explanations on claims of illegal expropriations, an issue that has been persistent for years.
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Chinese firm hits NSSF with Sh243m claim for pay delays
The Public Investments Committee (PIC) said China Jiangxi International had slapped the NSSF with the compensation claim for delayed payments.
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AGM fiasco has hurt West Indies brand: CEO - Stabroek News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive, Johnny Grave, says last Sunday’s contentious events which forced the postponement of the Annual General Meeting, has threatened to derail much of the significant progress made in repairing the West Indies cricket brand in
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Uganda: How Uganda Airlines Bosses Exit Was Plotted
[Monitor] Following a damning report by the Auditor General of how the recently revived Uganda Airlines had made financial losses, slightly a year into operations, Gen Salim Saleh, the coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation, sent a brief to then State Minister for Works, Ms Joy Kabatsi, for
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AuCG rapped for not using $5m machine five years after purchase
More than five years after the Accountant General’s Department (AcGD) spent $5 million to purchase a machine and software to print pensioners’ pay slips and life certificates, the agency has not derived any value for the money spent. This is...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
ESSENCE 2023 Holiday Special To Feature Performances By Tamar Braxton, Tyrese, Kim Burrell, Jacquees | Atlanta Daily World
ESSENCE 2023 holiday special will feature several of the top names in music and entertainment. Hosted by Big Tigger and Reginae Carter, the event will premiere on ESSENCE.com today at 8 p.m. Filmed in Atlanta, the special will featureGrammy-Nominated powerhouse vocalist Tamar Braxton, multifaceted
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CWI funding model for territories `broken’
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) funding model for territories and venues is “broken”, according to a report by financial consultants, PKF which has created an uproar in the region and calls for the board to take decisive
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Westmoreland water going to the pits!
There is a renewed call to crack down on the use of absorption pits in the community of Roaring River amid the threat that Westmoreland’s largest source of potable water could become contaminated. Steve Morris, the parish’s chief health inspector,...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Montego Bay streets sanitised
St James Street and Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay have been sanitised by the parish’s municipal authority as part of ongoing measures to combat the coronavirus
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St Mary residents urged to be alert as hurricane approaches
Annotto Bay, St. Mary: Describing the Annotto Bay area in St Mary as vulnerable to flooding and other disasters, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is warning residents to be on the alert and to brace for unfavourable weather conditions,...
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New areas added to Youth Summer Employment Programme
The fifth cohort of the Youth Summer Employment Programme has been launched, with new areas of focus added for the approximately 6,000 youth who will participate this year. The programme will run from August 9 to September 3 and will give...
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Jamaica pensions fraud: millions ‘paid’ to the dead - Stabroek News
The Jamaica Gleaner has reported that the island’s Accountant General’s Department has been placed under the microscope following revelations that dead persons have been ‘drawing down’ millions of dollars in pensions up to seven months after they have
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Air Namibia cancels all operations amid liquidation rumours
Debt-laden Air Namibia cancelled all flights on Thursday and promised to refund customers, ahead of a government news conference on the national carrier’s expected liquidation. Several local media outlets have reported that the airline is likely to enter liquidation as early as next week. A finance
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McKenzie condemns beating of female vendor at market in St James
Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie has strongly condemned the beating of a female vendor by a private security guard contracted by the St James Municipal Corporation. The incident happened at the Charles Gordon Market in the parish ...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Tanzania: Star Media Loses Tax Case, Ordered to Pay Sh8.4 Billion
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Technology company Star Media (Tanzania) Limited, also a branding name of StarTimes, has lost a three-year legal battle to challenge Sh8.4 billion tax bill made by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA).
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Bomas loses 7-year fight for Sh85m land compensation
The Bomas of Kenya has lost its battle for Sh85 million in compensation for land that was hived off to pave the way for the expansion of Lang’ata Road.
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South Africa: Hijacked Organisation Gets Millions in Lottery Grants
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CMU VP says he took instructions for payments from Pinnock
PROFESSOR Fritz Pinnock's stewardship of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) yesterday again came under sharp scrutiny at a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) at Gordon House, as officers of the institution say they were following direct instructions from the president's office for
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Senators rebuke 'inept' county officers over audit blunders
Governor Tolgos caught between bungling staff and puzzled committee members, who could not understand glaring errors as pointed out by Auditor General
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‘Meet the Press Day’ to feature leading journalists, Dec. 9 - The Oklahoma Eagle
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‘No one wants to bury loved ones like a dog’
Hours after indicating it was softening its stance on an absolute ban on burials, the Holness administration has received flak for reinstituting internments under ultra-restrictive rules. The new order, aimed at curbing the risk of coronavirus...
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Montego Bay streets sanitised
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