Archive for January, 2009

GOVERNMENT WILL contemplate extending an invitation for new bids, among other alternatives, to divest itself of the loss-making Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ), after Infinity Bio-Energy, a Brazilian…

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WESTERN BUREAU:Tourism stakeholders are urging the Caribbean’s first low-fares airline (LFA), Airone, to fill the void left by national carrier Air Jamaica.Airone, which was…

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The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward, is scheduled to visit Jamaica on Monday, February 2, to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award ceremony set for King’s House.He will be attending in his capacity as international trustee of the Duke …

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DESPITE THE downturn in the economy, local training and placement professionals have identified areas in which demand for skilled/professional workers remains strong.Diane Lowe, University of Technology placement officer, reports there is demand for jobs in accounting…

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Professor Gordon Shirley, pro-vice chancellor and principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, has been selected to head a new-look Police Service Commission, which is to be named shortly…

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VIVIAN BLAKE, reputed leader of the notorious Shower Posse gang, returned to Jamaica yesterday. The 53-year-old Blake arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport about 12:20 p.m. after being deported from the United States. Blake was sentenced to 28 years…

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Owning a house is the dream of every Jamaican. Forty-year-old Daniel Daley is working hard to achieve this dream. Daley was among the 42 workers who left the island yesterday for the United States on the Government’s overseas work programme…

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The fingerprint of the man accused of murdering 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King was found on a Guinness bottle in King’s bedroom.Fingerprint expert detective sergeant Devon Harris made the disclosure Wednesday when he testified at the trial of 26-year-old Sheldon Pusey…

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