The Cabinet last year approved a $15-billion emergency contract to a Chinese firm for the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) rehabilitation project despite Jamaica’s chief procurement agency saying the health ministry led an “irregular” process. But.
The Jamaica 60 Independence celebrations cost taxpayers $403.6 million with the popular Grand Gala, held at the National Stadium, accounting for 31 per cent, or $129 million, of that spend. Over in Montego Bay, St James, the Western Gala was.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been implicated in a potential conflict of interest regarding the award of Government contracts to Westcon Construction Limited during the period 2006-2009.
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Shernet Haughton, former mayor of Lucea.
The Integrity Commission has found that the then Hanover Parish Council which was chaired by Shernet Haughton deliberately splintered contracts which led to three being issued to a person identified as Mr ‘BB’, his son, and his girlfriend.
However, the commission was unable to find sufficient evidence to substantiate claims that Haughton, then the mayor of Lucea, demanded $200,000 in exchange for the signing of cheques in 2014.
The cheques were allegedly in the amount of approximately $1 million for a project implemented by the Hanover Parish Council for the construction of a U-drain adjacent to the Lucea Transportation Centre. The council has since been renamed the Hanover Municipal Corporation.