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IC wants probe of single-source contracts

Declaring that competition was the exception in the awarding of government contracts last year, Kevon Stephenson, director of investigation at the Integrity Commission, says in 2025, single-source procurement, including emergency contracting, accounted for 69.2 per cent of contracts by number and 27.3 per cent by value. By contrast, open competitive bidding accounted for 4.1 per cent of contracts…

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TCN CAUTION

The arrival of 22 Latin American and European migrants at Norman Manley International Airport under the controversial third county nationals agreement (TCN) has triggered a warning from one political…

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