Sunday, September 14, 2008

'Unfair and unreasonable' OUR says JPS' 41-day billing cycle breaches service terms

Saturday, September 13, 2008THE Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) yesterday described as 'unreasonable and unfair', the Jamaica Public Service's (JPS') use of a 41-day cycle to bill hundreds of its customers for the months of...

UTech: A modern-day security hub

BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.comSunday, September 14, 2008WITH the explosion of big-dollar, state-of-the-arttechnological machinery, cutting-edge systems, lightning-speed tracking devices and other generational tools at college campuses across the globe, the Security and Safety Department at the University of Technology (UTech) has emerged with an energised...

Commish apologises to deputy - Task force turns up at Mark Shields' door with search warrant for Vybz Kartel's house

BY KARYL WALKER Sunday Observer senior reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.comSunday, September 14, 2008POLICE Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin had to apologise to his deputy, Mark Shields, after a major blunder by members of a joint police/military task force, who turned up with a search warrant at Shields' Hacienda Way home in Norbrook, St Andrew last Wednesday.The security team was looking...