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It was contractor general Greg Christie, and not the PNP MPs in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), who represented the interests of the Jamaican people at a sitting of the committee on September 19 to consider reports on the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel project. The country was shocked by the disgraceful treatment meted out to Christie by some government members at the sitting, all because he stuck to his guns in his crusade to clean up the mismanagement mess caused by the failure of some government entities to follow public sector procurement procedures. Instead of supporting the contractor general they attempted to put obstacles in his way and to confuse and humiliate him, tried to shake his confidence, throw him off track and perhaps get him to throw down the gauntlet so that their cronies in the entities could continue their misdeeds.
A construction worker is recovering at home after an accident at work on the Carretera de La Mojonera in Roquetas de Mar on Monday afternoon. He lost consciousness when a cement wall collapsed on top of him, causing injuries to his arms and legs. Named as A.M.M., he was released from hospital early on Tuesday. © typicallyspanish.com
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It looks as though Derry, N.H., contractor John Burke is finally going to start to pay for his part in a scheme to defraud the federal government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in home-repair contracts. But he's still getting a good deal. Burke, who first pleaded guilty to bribery charges in March 2005, has managed to delay his sentencing until the end of this month. Burke paid about $100,000 in bribes over five year to former Veterans Administration loan specialist Robert Mayer of Salem, N.H., in exchange for home-renovation contracts worth $3.1 million. Mayer, a former Salem Planning Board member, faked invoices to make it appear several contractors had been awarded the jobs repairing homes the VA was renovating or selling. In fact, those contracts went only to those who paid him bribes.
If the Comcast guy falling asleep on a guy's couch wasn't enough to get the company to warn their techs NOT to fall asleep on the job, this surely will. Apparently, a Garden City family had a Comcast contractor fall asleep on their son's bed, and when woken up by the youngster, the guy just "proceeded to lay there and fall asleep again." Comcast of course apologized and said this: Comcast has reached out to the customer to apologize for the unsatisfactory experience. We have been in direct contact with the customer and have restored his services to his satisfaction. We obvioously do not condone what was represented in the photograph. The individual involved is no longer performing work for Comcast. – Jason Chen Comcast Cable Worker Falls Asleep On The Job [Click On Detroit] .
Marco Island's first day of public comment on the final assessments for the 2007 section of the city's septic tank replacement program went by with little more than grumbling from those directly affected at Monday's City Council meeting. Instead, more residents reserved their ire for proposed city-run dog parks. Despite a packed room at Mackle Park, just four residents from the five sewer districts — North Barfield, West Winterberry, North Marco, Old Marco and Port Marco — expressed opinions on resolutions relating to both the creation and financing of the districts with few comments from other citizens. These five districts make up the second year of the seven-year $105.6 million septic tank replacement program that has created years-long acrimony on the island. Immediately before Monday's meeting, the city passed out a spreadsheet detailing cost reductions agreed on by council at a special meeting last week.
Before hiring a contractor to do major work around your house, you need to make sure you're fully protected in case something goes wrong. Find out if a building permit is needed and don't take your contractor's word if he said none is required. In addition, you need to make sure the contractor has liability insurance to cover any damage he does to your house. When Debbie Hurst of Fairfield hired a company to remodel her basement, she said she never considered that things could go wrong. The initial job was to cost $17,000, and was to have been completed in June. .
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