THE GLEANER MINUTE: Gas price backlash... Quiz prospect dies... No NIDS appeal... Utility pole
May 22nd, 2019 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:40MAY 22, 2019: Jamaica lost close to $300 million dollars because of a unilateral decision to slash gas prices by $2 shortly ahead of the 2016 local government election... A Schools' Challenge Quiz prospect was the only fatality in a bus crash in Portland on Monday.... Justice Minister said the Government will not be appealing the National Identification Systems court ruling... Traffic impeded on Tom Redcam Road after utility pole is brought down by trailer carrying excavator.
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