Archive for January, 2009

The Government is to transform the Customs Department into an executive agency to improve efficiency and reduce the level of corruption.Speaking yesterday during the consultations on the Customs Department, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said an executive…

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WASHINGTON (AP): It is shaping up to be another lousy year for American workers, with more companies expecting to cut payrolls in the months ahead.That’s part of the latest outlook from forecasters in a survey released Monday by the National Association…

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WESTERN BUREAU: Effective February 26, Air Jamaica will exit its Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami and Grand Cayman routes, taking the jobs of an estimated 600 staff members in the process. The national carrier will also discontinue service between Jamaica and Barbados and Jamaica…

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Albert Scott, the common-law husband of Angella Smith, who was shot and then burnt along with her three grandchildren in her one-room board house in Land Top, Port Morant, in St Thomas on the weekend, was questioned by police yesterday in relation…

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Labour minister Pearnel Charles has secured jobs for five skilled workers for a Canadian Company, which specialises in roadway pavements.”We have to look for opportunities in these difficult times,” Charles said in announcing the jobs….

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The United Kingdom Privy Council yesterday gave the National Commercial Bank (NCB) the green light to close the accounts of embattled investment club Olint Corporation Ltd.In allowing the appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling last year July…

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Ticket sales for the first Digicel Test match between the West Indies and England, which will begin next Wednesday at Sabina Park, are progressing steadily according to a highly placed Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) official…

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PROPONENTS OF the right of individuals to bear arms have renewed their call for the Government to make the process of owning licensed firearms more accessible for law-abiding citizens. Long-time supporters of the controversial issue, Delroy Chuck, speaker of the house …

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