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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
File photosFrom left, Chambers and Sangster.Damion Mitchell, Assistant News EditorTHE CONTRACTOR General has recommended that criminal charges be laid against the acting managing director of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, JUTC, Bindley Sangster.Greg Christie made the recommendation in a report on a special probe into the awarding of some contracts at the state-run bus company. The investigation...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
... procurement guidelines. It also found acts of corruption on the part of its late chairman, Douglas Chambers.Documentary evidence which could support Christie's claim that Sangster tried to mislead the contractor general has been sent to the DPP.Contacted yesterday, Sangster would offer no comment as to why he was still at work and when he intended to leave the JUTC.Lambasted mediaInstead,...
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Jamaia Star (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
A man, who was shot dead by police at the Sagicor Shopping Centre in Spanish Town on December 1, has been positively identified as one of the main suspects in the murder of former JUTC boss, Douglas Chambers.
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... Government procurement policy in its award of a contract to a company in which its late chairman, Douglas Chambers, was a majority shareholder.In the report, Christie recommended that criminal charges be laid against acting president Bindley Sangster for presenting false reports to the contractor general during his investigation of the breaches.Three directors of the company resigned...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... fairly. Sangster, who was appointed acting president of the JUTC following the murder of chairman Douglas Chambers, has also gone on a leave of absence from that position. He could face criminal charges after he allegedly falsified a report presented to the Office of the Contractor General during its investigation of the awarding of contracts at the bus company. To remain on leave...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... (JUTC), held that Henry failed, in his responses, to explain the reasons for his belief that Douglas Chambers was not the majority shareholder in Simber Production Limited.Chambers, as chairman of the JUTC, had awarded contracts to his company, a move Susan Simes appeared to have attempted to hide, four days after Chambers' murder, by altering company records to indicate...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... bus company. The investigation was initiated after the June 27 murder of then JUTC chairman, Douglas Chambers. False statementIn the 104-page report, the contractor general said Sangster wilfully made a false statement to his office when he said the JUTC's finance committee approved contracts with Simber Productions that were awarded in February. The contracts were for a JUTC SmartCard...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... began on July 8 into the award of a contract in which the late chairman of the JUTC, Douglas Chambers, was said to be a major player.The contractor general's probe was prompted by a media report on July 6, which alleged impropriety, lack of transparency, cronyism and a breach of the Government Procurement Guidelines in the JUTC's award of contracts.Focused on specific contractsA release...
