Never again - Golding orders hijacking probe - Government of Jamaica tackles airport security
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Bruce Golding says a repeat of Sunday night's hijacking of a Canadian charter flight at the Sangster International Airport is not likely as the Government takes on a more integral role in airport security. Owing to the fact the Montego Bay-based...
- Who is Stephen Fray?
- The great escape from Flight 918
- The MoBay hijacking ... the journey
- Too many careless gun owners
Sheltering the poor - Food For the Poor helps ease housing crisis
Safe, secure shelter is a basic human right: A human right that many Jamaicans do not enjoy. That's why Food For the Poor, the United States-based international charity with roots in Jamaica, has teamed up with donors from Jamaica...
- A visa may be revoked at any time and for any reason
- Reassure your daughter of commitment to her education
- Prevent ear infections
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PepsiCo offers to buy shares in two bottlers for US$6b
PepsiCo Inc, the maker of drinks like Mountain Dew and its namesake soda, offered US$6 billion yesterday to acquire a bigger stake in its two largest bottlers in an effort to update the way it delivers its products. It also reported a one per cent drop...
Richardson grabs three in tour opener
LEICESTER, England (CMC): West Indies' batting failed to ease concerns that it could be the weak link in their three-day tour match against Leicestershire yesterday, after bowling their opponents out cheaply. Sulieman Benn and Andrew Richardson shared seven wickets...
- Benn buoyed by first-day bowling
- Bolt for London Super Grand Prix
- It's all in the family ...Paul Jr's batting hits into Palmer tradition
- Swimmers end Carifta on high note
- T&T top meet
- Next match crucial in title race
- Trend-setting Robinson now Foga High's favourite son
EDITORIAL - Contracts good for principals
The initiative, announced last week by Education Minister Andrew Holness, to employ the principals of the island's schools on fixed-term contracts should be embraced all round. It is good for taxpayers, to whom, ultimately, all teachers who are paid by the state...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Prejudice stymies Cuban engineering graduates
The Editor, Sir: I write in response to your article published on Sunday, April 19, re a serious shortage of civil engineers in Jamaica. I am a Jamaican who has been awarded a scholarship to study in Cuba and I am now a final year chemical engineering student...
- Security review needed
- That hijack drama
- Teachers should not settle for less
- New agency for tax evaders
- Boyne, Europe and the US
- Fixing a broken house
- Cut public sector yes, but not now
- The thaw in Cuban-American relations
TAMI CHYNN HEATS UP BLUE BEAT
WESTERN BUREAU: In a polka dot ensemble, Kingston-bred Tami Chynn serenaded a hot crowd with old and new hits in the second performance of the Unplugged Series at Marguerite's Blue Beat last Thursday evening on Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay, St James...
Serene Spanish Town
On a dusty, cracked sidewalk on Burke Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine, Trevor the fruit vendor is arranging apples on a small, wooden table.His table is close to a large supermarket and across the road from a man selling CDs.
Newt slams Barack
WASHINGTON, d.c. (AP): The former leader of the US House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, charged yesterday that President Barack Obama's cordial greeting with Venezuela's Hugo Chávez sends a poor message to enemies of America...
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