Jamaica Gleaner Lead Stories
Published: Monday Wednesday | January 28, 2009
Air Jamaica cuts routes - Cost-saving exercise will take 600 jobs next month
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...
Budget rises to half a trillion
FOR THE first time in the country's history, Jamaica's national budget has inched over the $500-billion mark. A combined increase of $9.7 billion in recurrent expenditure for the ministries of Education and Health has helped pushed the revised estimates...
Economic forecasters see more job cuts
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...
Chuck backs issuing licensed firearms to law-abiding citizens
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 ...
Customs revamp - Department to be transformed into executive agency
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...
Sabina Test ticket sales progressing steadily
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...
NCB given green light to close Olint accounts
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...
Labour minister secures jobs for five Jamaicans
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....
Common-law husband questioned about suspected arson/murder
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...
Lawyer sues Government
Attorney-at-law Hugh Thompson has filed a suit against the Government seeking special damages of $100 million for loss of business opportunity over the last five years.The suit stems from the unlawful search and seizure of documents and files ...
