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Speaking yesterday during a post-Cabinet meeting at Jamaica House, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said it is unfair and unreasonable for the police and teachers to be clamoring for salary increases, when both groups benefited from what he said were “significant” top-ups in the almost two years that his administration has been in office. Prime Minister [...]

A force majeure, is a common clause in contracts which basically frees both parties from liability or obligation, when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligation under the contract. Is the Government planning to use force majeure when its wage dispute case [...]

Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Saturday, May 16, 2009 From Mark Bennett – presbent@yahoo.com Re: Call For Dialogue Between The Police & Government Dear Editor, Recently a number of persons, some obviously partisan, have come out swinging at the leadership of the Police Federation, and the police force in general, for their seemingly [...]

The Jamaica Police Federation met yesterday, and decided against staging sick-outs and other types of industrial action in their on-going wage dispute with the Government. The Federation says that its members will not jeopardize the security of the nation by staging industrial action in their push for better wages. Chairman of the Federation, Sergeant Raymond [...]

Letter to the Jamaica Gleaner editor – Tuesday, May 12, 2009 From Sean Palmer – seantae_1999@yahoo.com Re: Restraint Needed By The Police Dear Editor, As a former police officer, I am in solidarity with my former colleagues in their disagreement on being blanketed with the wage freeze affecting all members of the public service. I [...]