THE GLEANER MINUTE: Speaker accused of overstepping her authority | NHT refunded | KPH ward reopened
Mar 27th, 2024 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 2:05#JamaicaGleaner MARCH 27, 2024: A leading Jamaican lawyer and former Solicitor General Michael Hylton, says the public service rules do not contemplate that politicians such as the Speaker of the Houses of Representatives should have powers to sanction or punish clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis… The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has rolled out its new Beat Officer Patrol Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Metropolitan Region… The National Housing Trust (NHT) says it has recovered the $650 million it paid to developer Dexim Holdings Limited as an advance under a failed $2.5-billion agreement for the provision of 200 houses… A 36-bed ward at the Kingston Public Hospital has been officially reopened following extensive renovation valued at more
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