Cruise ship warning
THERE COULD be a full-scale pull-out of cruise vessels from Jamaica, if new security measures are not put in place immediately at the island's cruise shipping ports, Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba warned yesterday.
Bermuda imposes visa restrictions
THE BERMUDAN Government last night imposed visa restrictions for Jamaicans intending to travel to that country.
Sangster Airport divested - Way clear for US multimillion dollar expansion
WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICAN Government yesterday signed the official agreement for the privatisation of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, and clearing the way for a US$190 million expansion of the facility.
UHWI doctors to lose automatic GMC accreditation
THE GENERAL Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom has withdrawn its automatic accreditation of medical doctors trained at the University Hospital of the West Indies' (UHWI) medical school.
400 to be trained on Info Act
TRAINING FOR public sector workers on the provisions of the Access to Information Act which was passed in June, 2002, will begin on Tuesday, January 21 and will run until the end of May.
Staff cut at Cigarette Company
THE CIGARETTE Company of Jamaica will be making the posts of about 15 of its staff redundant at the end of this month as part of a restructuring programme to increase efficiency at the Twickenham Park, Spanish Town, St. Catherine plant.
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