The tempo of the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips controversy - in which the United States law firm was asked to help resolve an extradition matter between Jamaica and the US - is set to increase this week, even as the Government maintains it has not received any official statement from the Obama administration.

Industry, Investment and Com-merce Minister Karl Samuda, the Golding administration's point man on the matter, told The Gleaner yesterday that as far as he knew, no word had been forthcoming from US authorities.

Source: The Daily Gleaner
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