SCAMMED - Office of the Contractor-General uncovers massive NHT fraud; 18-year OCG veteran fired
Contractor General Gregg Christie yesterday revealed that his office had uncovered an elaborate criminal conspiracy involving a group of sham contractors, exploiting the National Housing Trust (NHT). In releasing the bombshell, Christie revealed that some of his staff are likely to be involved in the racket, forcing him to clean house.

Police probe second death threat at OCG
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of serious crime in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Les Green, has declined to speak extensively about the latest round of threats reported to him by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) against one of its senior directors.

Opposition queries NHF spending
Health minister Rudyard Spencer has confirmed that between $700,000 and $800,000 was spent by the National Health Fund (NHF) to purchase tickets for staff members, management and board members to the Shaggy and Friends concert.

Government looks to MOU4
The Government says it does not expect to receive individual claims from the more than 70 bargaining groups representing public-sector workers, three months before a new contract period is scheduled to get under way.

Chin shocks court with new evidence
The contents of recordings made by Rodney Chin in regard to the Cuban light-bulb racket may be made public on Monday if Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn succeeds in having them admitted into evidence.

The pilot is to be blamed, says aviation expert
United States-based aviation expert, Michael Slack, says information released yesterday by investigators probing an incident where American Airlines Flight 331 overshot the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston shows that it was "not just pilot error, but pilot recklessness".

Business as usual for OCG
A strident Contractor General Greg Christie has declared that a death threat, punctuated with expletives, received on Tuesday afternoon by a senior director at the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) will not prevent his office from fulfilling its mandate.

Axe falls at the Ritz - More than 80 workers sent home
THE SUDDEN redundancy of 83 members of staff at The Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall has not only sent shock waves through the workers who were fired yesterday, but owners of the resort, Rose Hall Resort LP, were also stumped by the development.

'Dammed' for safety
VERY RARELY will people give their time and effort, except for good old-fashioned money. However, there is an even greater reward that may inspire such gestures, especially when the effort is strenuous, burdensome hard labour.