Everything Jamaican http://www.everytingjamaican.com it's more than a site, it's a lifestyle. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:07:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en United Kingdom visa fees on the move http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/united-kingdom-visa-fees-on-the-move-2320/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/united-kingdom-visa-fees-on-the-move-2320/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:07:48 +0000 admin The United Kingdom has increased the fees to enter the region for Jamaicans effective July 6. The British High Commission, in a release, reminded Jamaicans that payments were to be made at the Worldbridge Visa Application Centre, 34 Trafalgar Road, at the time of application by cash or bank draft only.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/united-kingdom-visa-fees-on-the-move-2320/feed/ Air Jamaica sold - First murmurs about who has bought the national carrier have surfaced http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/air-jamaica-sold-first-murmurs-about-who-has-bought-the-national-carrier-have-surfaced-2316/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/air-jamaica-sold-first-murmurs-about-who-has-bought-the-national-carrier-have-surfaced-2316/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:07:47 +0000 admin The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country’s national carrier, Air Jamaica.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/air-jamaica-sold-first-murmurs-about-who-has-bought-the-national-carrier-have-surfaced-2316/feed/ Office of the Contractor General taken to court http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/office-of-the-contractor-general-taken-to-court-2319/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/office-of-the-contractor-general-taken-to-court-2319/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:07:43 +0000 admin The three employees who were fired in April by Contractor General Greg Christie for allegedly withholding critical information have taken him to the Supreme Court seeking orders to quash their dismissals.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/office-of-the-contractor-general-taken-to-court-2319/feed/ Eighteen head to Canada for culinary programme http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/eighteen-head-to-canada-for-culinary-programme-2323/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/eighteen-head-to-canada-for-culinary-programme-2323/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:07:41 +0000 admin When the going gets tough, the tough get going, especially in these challenging economic times. This was the collective mindset of 18 persons who turned up at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security yesterday.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/eighteen-head-to-canada-for-culinary-programme-2323/feed/ Hope rises from within http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/hope-rises-from-within-2318/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/hope-rises-from-within-2318/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:07:40 +0000 admin While roving around Spanish Town, The Gleaner team ran into some young men in Rivoli. They were at the Kingdom Builders Church of the Open Bible helping to put up a tent for a health fair. They are regulars there, according to Pastor Norman Lewin, ‘the shepherd of the flock’.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/hope-rises-from-within-2318/feed/ Finding solutions - Spanish Town pastor asks for help to teach youth how to ‘fish’ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/finding-solutions-spanish-town-pastor-asks-for-help-to-teach-youth-how-to-fish-2317/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/finding-solutions-spanish-town-pastor-asks-for-help-to-teach-youth-how-to-fish-2317/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:07:38 +0000 admin When the Government presented its pre-election manifesto, the term ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ was quite popular. Residents of Spanish Town would love to see them.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/finding-solutions-spanish-town-pastor-asks-for-help-to-teach-youth-how-to-fish-2317/feed/ Jamaica wants better trade mechanism http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/jamaica-wants-better-trade-mechanism-2321/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/jamaica-wants-better-trade-mechanism-2321/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:07:21 +0000 admin Jamaica on Friday called on its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours to devise a proper mechanism that would lead to increased intra-regional trade.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/jamaica-wants-better-trade-mechanism-2321/feed/ Make more space to certify lawyers and doctors - Thwaites http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/make-more-space-to-certify-lawyers-and-doctors-thwaites-2322/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/make-more-space-to-certify-lawyers-and-doctors-thwaites-2322/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:07:35 +0000 admin WITH THE University of Technology (UTech) announcing plans to establish a faculty of law, and an increase in the number of locals reading for law degrees overseas, at least one member of parliament (MP) is arguing for more certification space for the legal profession.

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/make-more-space-to-certify-lawyers-and-doctors-thwaites-2322/feed/ The other side of Armadale http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/the-other-side-of-armadale-2309/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/the-other-side-of-armadale-2309/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:07:17 +0000 admin “Not my Armadale” were the thoughts of Cassandra, a former ward of the facility, when she heard the news of the protests and subsequent fiery deaths of seven teenagers at the centre in May. For her, the Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre, located in St Ann…

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]]> http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/the-other-side-of-armadale-2309/feed/ Trouble brewing in Negril - Noise Abatement Act creates tension http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/trouble-brewing-in-negril-noise-abatement-act-creates-tension-2311/ http://www.everytingjamaican.com/news/trouble-brewing-in-negril-noise-abatement-act-creates-tension-2311/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:07:36 +0000 admin WESTERN BUREAU: The rigorous enforcement of the Noise Abatement Act by the police and the prosecution of several offenders have left several stakeholders in the Negril entertainment fraternity hopping mad…

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