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Jovan Johnson - Senior Staff Reporter

Jovan Johnson - Senior Staff Reporter

Jamaica Gleaner — Bengal Development's quest, which has been backed by the prime minister, to mine in the ecologically sensitive Dry Harbour Mountains is going ahead after the State's environmental regulator accommodated the late payment of a $40-million bond....
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UWI rift deepens

UWI rift deepens

Jamaica Gleaner — Vice Chancellor Sir Hilary Beckles is investigating the ceremonial head of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Chancellor Robert Bermudez, using a committee that reports to him, as a rift between the top two leaders enters unprecedented and "...
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HEARTY HARVEST

HEARTY HARVEST

Jamaica Gleaner — Just under 50 per cent of the monetary value of all contracts awarded by HEART/NSTA Trust to SynCon Technologies took place during the period the company's CEO chaired the board of the state agency. There is no evidence Edward Gabbidon was involved...
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Birthday gift as Floyd Green back in Cabinet

Birthday gift as Floyd Green back in Cabinet

Jamaica Gleaner — On his 40th birthday and just 117 days after he was forced to resign in shame, Floyd Green, considered one of the brightest sparks in the Holness administration, was reappointed to the Cabinet. The two-term St Elizabeth South Western member of...
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$50-million contract controversy hits RADA

$50-million contract controversy hits RADA

Jamaica Gleaner — An alleged scoring error that resulted in an initial winner of a multimillion-dollar contract to supply tractors has plunged the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) into controversy, with a lawsuit threat from the aggrieved company dangling over its head.
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AAJ board went against recommendation and invested in First Rock, probe reveals

AAJ board went against recommendation and invested in First Rock, probe reveals

Jamaica Gleaner — The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) Group invested almost a half-billion dollars of taxpayers' money in start-up First Rock Capital Holdings (FRCH), despite an initial board recommendation against the move, a Gleaner investigation has found.
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Senior KSAMC officials interdicted over building permit worries

Senior KSAMC officials interdicted over building permit worries

Jamaica Gleaner — Jovan Johnson, Senior Staff Reporter The deputy head of planning and a surveyor at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSMAC) have been sent on leave with full pay as the authority faces more scrutiny over its approvals and enforcement of building permits.
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HEART's Gabbidon bows out over conflict-of-interest pressure

HEART's Gabbidon bows out over conflict-of-interest pressure

Jamaica Gleaner — Jovan Johnson/Senior Staff Reporter Edward Gabbidon has resigned as board chairman of the HEART/NSTA Trust amid concerns about his position and the relationship his company, SynCon Technologies, has with the troubled skills training agency.
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Supreme Court refuses injunction against Digicel, Cari-Med COVID vaccine policies

Supreme Court refuses injunction against Digicel, Cari-Med COVID vaccine policies

Jamaica Gleaner — Jovan Johnson/Senior Gleaner Reporter The Supreme Court has refused to grant injunctions blocking the implementation of mandatory COVID vaccine policies by Digicel Jamaica and Cari-Med Limited pending trial. Today's two separate rulings mean employees must comply with COVID vaccination or routine testing at their expenses until the substantive hearings are held.
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SLEEPING WATCHDOGS

SLEEPING WATCHDOGS

Jamaica Gleaner — There are more questions about negligence or possible corruption at the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) following a court case that revealed that a developer built 32 bedrooms at a St Andrew development approved for just 12.
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Sweetheart deal? - Questions surround land arrangement involving partner of Cabinet minister

Sweetheart deal? - Questions surround land arrangement involving partner of Cabinet minister

Jamaica Gleaner — There are conflicting accounts about how a company, with a director and shareholder who is the partner of a Cabinet minister, was selected in 2019 to operate more than 1,400 acres of old sugar lands in St Elizabeth. The entity, Holland Producers...
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'IMMEDIATELY' - Leaked letter reveals Hutchinson demanded SCJ Holdings expedite land offer to swe...

'IMMEDIATELY' - Leaked letter reveals Hutchinson demanded SCJ Holdings expedite land offer to swe...

Jamaica Gleaner — J.C. Hutchinson, a de facto agriculture minister, urged an entity in his ministry to give possession of sugar lands at Holland Estate in St Elizabeth to a company in which his partner was a director and shareholder, according to leaked documents...
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Belnavis tied to building breach - St Ann structure demolished amid Sunday Gleaner probe

Belnavis tied to building breach - St Ann structure demolished amid Sunday Gleaner probe

Jamaica Gleaner — Embattled St Ann's Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis is a director of a private company that captured government land and constructed a building in a daring disregard of the country's laws which the corporation he leads is expected to enforce, a Sunday...
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JLP councillors want embattled St Ann's Bay mayor to resign

JLP councillors want embattled St Ann's Bay mayor to resign

Jamaica Gleaner — Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in St Ann have recommended that embattled St Ann's Bay Mayor Michael Belnavis resign his post. Belnavis has been under intense scrutiny since a Sunday Gleaner investigation uncovered that he was a director of a company that constructed a structure on government lands in Ocho Rios without the required authorisation of the municipal corporation he leads.
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HOSPITALS IN BREACH - Embattled Andrews among private facilities operating without gov't certific...

HOSPITALS IN BREACH - Embattled Andrews among private facilities operating without gov't certific...

Jamaica Gleaner — Only four private hospitals in Jamaica are currently certified to operate. The state of affairs was uncovered during a Sunday Gleaner probe into the circumstances that led to the death of 23-year-old first-time mom Jodian Fearon, hours of giving birth last week.
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'Laws with bite' - Tufton launches inspections of uncertified private hospitals

'Laws with bite' - Tufton launches inspections of uncertified private hospitals

Jamaica Gleaner — An order for the immediate inspection of all uncertified private hospitals and for the full force of the law to be brought against them are among the early responses of the Holness administration now in mop-up mode following a Sunday Gleaner...
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UHWI's digital pains

UHWI's digital pains

Jamaica Gleaner — After more than half a billion dollars in expenses and four years past its deadline, there's no end in sight for a project to transform the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) into a paperless institution, a Sunday Gleaner investigation...
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New twists in UHWI tech system saga

New twists in UHWI tech system saga

Jamaica Gleaner — AS The $500-million information technology scandal rocking the Mona Campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI) deepens, former Principal Professor Archibald McDonald has admitted that there is "solid basis" for the contract for the Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) software that is four years past its April 2017 delivery date be renegotiated.
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UHWI to fix multimillion-dollar software glitch

UHWI to fix multimillion-dollar software glitch

Jamaica Gleaner — Crucial security features are to be installed on a problematic multimillion-dollar software that's exposed hundreds of thousands of patient data for the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to potential abuse. A Sunday Gleaner investigation uncovered serious safety issues with the web-based Hospital Information Management Systems (HIMS) after weeks of observation, which included users being warned against entering sensitive information because the connection was not secure.
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UHWI to fix multimillion-dollar software glitch

UHWI to fix multimillion-dollar software glitch

Jamaica Gleaner — Crucial security features are to be installed on a problematic multimillion-dollar software that's exposed hundreds of thousands of patient data for the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) to potential abuse. A Sunday Gleaner investigation uncovered serious safety issues with the web-based Hospital Information Management Systems (HIMS) after weeks of observation, which included users being warned against entering sensitive information because the connection was not secure.
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Staff, patients concerned about data breach at university hospital

Staff, patients concerned about data breach at university hospital

Jamaica Gleaner — Loose network and cybersecurity with the problem-plagued Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) that's gobbling up millions in cost overruns has exposed to hackers thousands of patient data at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), a Sunday Gleaner investigation has found.
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UHWI chief IT officer resigns amid multimillion-dollar scandal

UHWI chief IT officer resigns amid multimillion-dollar scandal

Jamaica Gleaner — Jovan Johnson/Senior Staff Reporter The chief information technology officer at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Herman Athias, has resigned. Hospital CEO Kevin Allen confirmed that Athias submitted his resignation Monday but gave no reasons for his departure.
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Conflict of interest or 'trivialities'?

Conflict of interest or 'trivialities'?

Jamaica Gleaner — For half a decade, two multibillion-dollar education ministry programmes, troubled by conflicts of interest concerns, saw the Western Hospitality Institute (WHI), whose leader wielded significant influence over ministry resources, earning more than all participating schools.
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BREACH!

BREACH!

Jamaica Gleaner — Two public bodies, the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) and a subsidiary violated government regulations in their $443-million investment in start-up private equity firm First Rock Capital Holdings, the finance minister, Dr Nigel Clarke, has disclosed.
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