Noel Hilton and Cronies Need To Answer To Multi-Million Payouts

Here we go again with white collar criminals!! The Jamaican public needs answers immediately from the Port Authority's Board-of-Directors, specifically Noel Hylton, Chairman-of-the-Board, as to why they disregarded government guidelines and approved multi-million dollar  payments to senior officers who were not entitled to such outrageous retirement benefits plus gratuity. In addition to gratuity of $31 million, one senior officer on contract received  three  pensions which includes one valued at $56 million, another for $554,164 U.S. dollars, and a third offered in a lump sum of $120,000 with monthly payments of $34,834. It is unbelievable and an injustice that one man receives three pensions when there are so many retirees from the Port Authority of Jamaica who are barely surviving on the pittance that they are offered for retirement after giving so many years of dedicated service to the government entity. In addition, many workers at the Port Authority now can hardly survive on their monthly salaries. Yes, Mr. Hilton and his board members need to account for why they found it acceptable to shell out multi-millions to 14 senior officers. The board has changed through the years but what has remained consistent is that Noel Hilton, at 80 something years old, continues to hang on to the Chairman position. It is well past time for a new chairman at Port Authority of Jamaica.  These white-collar criminals have no conscience, and they need to be arrested!

Senior Port Authority Officers Get Multimillion-Dollar Payments To Which They Are Not Entitled

UWI - Mona, Jamaica Unapologetic Induction Blunder

Today, the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Jamaica, inducted Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, into its Honour's Park. The university uses the Honour's Park to celebrate past students who were or are heads of government. This action is certainly a privilege for Dr. Rowley, However, it is an absolute embarrassment for Jamaica since its own Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, who is not only holding the government leadership post for the second time but also obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees from UWI has not yet been inducted into the Honour's Park. Initially when the university was pressed by the Jamaica Gleaner to explain such a disrespectful reaction towards its own local prime minister, the institution showed a disregard for the matter with no response. The public took to social media to say that the university's decision is politically motivated. But, whatever the reason, the fact that Mr. Holness has not yet been inducted shows poor judgement on the part of the institution which has played into a common perception within the country that "anything foreign is better". Although at this time, UWI Mona cannot undo the blunder and bad impression that the institution has placed upon itself, with egg on its face, the university finally advised today that Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be inducted into the Honour's Park later this year. Obviously, that response means that the institution had not been planning to perform Holness's induction, so at this time, they are not even sure when is "later this year".

UWI Mona Inducts T & T Prime Minister Rowley Into Honour's Park

$150 Million Payout To Attorneys - Double Blow For Tivoli Gardens Residents

It was not enough that many of the Tivoli Gardens' residents were grossly abused and 73 persons were massacred in 2011 as security forces stopped at nothing to capture Christopher Coke alias Dudus. But media reports uncovered that tax payers lined the pockets of the three leading attorneys on the commission and also those who participated in the Tivoli Gardens Hearing. Out of $150 million, a grand sum of approximately $130 million was paid to the three leading commissioners, David Simmons, Velma Hylton, and Hazel Harris. The remaining millions were paid out to a couple of attorneys at the Frater, Innis, Gordon law firm, along with individual attorneys - Deborah Martin and Valerie Neita-Robinson. What is absurd is these attorneys represented the security forces and vehemently accused all the residents that testified at the commission as liars. The attorneys also used their superior attitude to intimidate and insult the intelligence of these residents from poor backgrounds. These attorneys made all efforts to discredit the residents so as to prevent them from receiving any compensation. Well, as of now their intentions have come to pass since none of those who went through traumatic experiences and lost loved ones at the hand of the security forces has received any significant compensation. Yet, of course, the attorneys have not been denied of their millions. Denis Brooks and Cliff Hughes on Nationwide Network radio justify that if it wasn't for the attorneys no one would know that the Tivoli Gardens residents deserve compensation. What bullshit!! The fact that the heads of some relatives were blown off by the security forces and the other gruesome bodies were displayed on the internet prove that a massacre must have occurred. What a shameful happening that certainly proves that poverty is a curse!