Jamaica roads

Three government agencies collectively spent more than $8 billion of public money maintaining Jamaica’s farm and parochial roads over a five-year period — yet none of them could demonstrate that the money was well spent, that contractors were properl

A December 2015 performance audit by Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis exposed a systemic collapse at the National Works Agency — the body responsible for every kilometre of Jamaica’s main road network. Thirty-six contractors submitted fraudulent m