jamaica gleanerSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Discount carrier Spirit Airlines has reportedly acquired Air Jamaica in a government-led effort to privatize the island's money-losing national airline. The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper says a deal was reached after a committee ... Read more
Report: Spirit Airlines buys Air Jamaica - ForbesJamaica Gleaner (Robert Buddan): What if Jamaica does not find oil of its own? Could it invest in exploring for oil in another country and own a part of that investing company? Could it own a part of that oil and ensure its own supply in the future ... Read more
PetroCaribe: Can Jamaica become more energy independent? Yes, it can! - VheadlineRoy Riley, a former print and plant manager at The Gleaner Company, died on Wednesday in Miami at the age of 84. Riley held several positions during his tenure at The Gleaner Company. These included mechanical supervisor (1955), chief production ... Read more
A Gleaner legend passes - Jamaica Gleaner(Jamaica Gleaner) – Accused hijacker Stephen Fray’s lawyer George Thomas wants the Supreme Court to grant his client privilege to be placed in an institution where he can be treated for paranoid schizophrenia. Fray, who appeared in court on ... Read more
Doctors in Fray case find accused fit to plead, but deeply disturbed - Stabroek NewsPrime Minister Patrick Manning last week unveiled a plan to aid the troubled economies of neighbouring Caribbean states who are reeling from the global contraction. As part of the initiative the Manning wants to supply Jamaica with natural gas for ... Read more
TT LNG, more than meets the eye - Trinidad and Tobago's NewsdayCaribWorldNews, SOMERSET, NJ, Weds. July 1, 2009: A director of the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board is slamming back at the Jamaica Manufacturers Association over the importation of patties into the island. Patrick A Beckford said that like many ... Read more
Jamaican Diaspora Director Gets In To `Patty War` - Caribbean World NewsWhile Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s initiatives for this country’s Caricom partners can provide meaningful assistance to their economic development, nonetheless there are two factors which may have to be addressed, one by the Government of ... Read more
Manning’s Plan - Trinidad and Tobago's NewsdayAs the Bruce Golding administration moves slowly towards inking an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, there is no gainsaying that Jamaicans need to be prepared for very tough times ahead, whether or not the IMF imposes strong structural ... Read more
Jamaica faces structural adjustment medicine - Jamaica GleanerOnce I get the tape and study it, I shall write something about what, from excerpts in the media, appears to have been a most remarkable address by the political leader of the PNM to a Special Convention of his party on June 21. Even the Gleaner in ... Read more
Trinidad Prime Minister was condescending - Stabroek NewsThe Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) has risen 1.2 per cent over the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, as it tries to recover from its worst decline in 14 years. The worst declining stocks year-on-year were Hardware & Lumber, down 66 per cent, Kingston ... Read more
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