Air J axes pilots
AIR JAMAICA is to make 40 of its 220 pilots redundant in the next two months. Making the announcement yesterday, Executive Chairman, Dr. Vincent Lawrence, said the airline needed fewer pilots since it had cut four routes ...
Catholics hail new pontiff
Top clergymen in the local and regional Roman Catholic Church have welcomed the selection of new Pope, Joseph Ratzinger. German-born Ratzinger, 78, has taken the name Pope Benedict XVI. He replaces John Paul II, who died earlier this month.
Three students killed in accident
A HORRIFYING traffic accident along the Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine yesterday morning claimed the lives of three young students of the Innswood High School in the parish.
MoBay to install parking meters
WESTERN BUREAU: MOTORISTS IN Montego Bay will, by May 16, have to pay to park their vehicles along selected streets in the city.
Corruption costing the country - Audley Shaw
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance, Audley Shaw, yesterday accused the Government of short changing Jamaicans while wracking up $760 billion in national debt.
... Disputes Gov't 'no impact' claim
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance, Audley Shaw, yesterday disputed Government's claims that the decision to transfer zero-rated items to exempt status under the general consumption tax (GCT) would have no impact on price levels.
Houses on Winnifred Beach demolished
PORTLAND: SEVERAL HOUSES owned by informal settlers at the Winnifred Beach property in Fairy Hill, Portland, were demolished by a work team from the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), yesterday.
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