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  • Air Jamaica not to blame for CAL’s losses

    The surviving director, Jamaican businessman Denis Lalor, told the Express yesterday shortly after the CAL board was fired by Finance Minister Larry Howai that he does not believe the acquisition by CAL of Air Jamaica’s routes in 2011 was the reason the company has found itself facing multi-million-dollar ...

  • Jamaica for Economic Diplomacy to Increase Trade

    Kingston, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Amid the crisis hitting Jamaica, the Government will increase the use of economic diplomacy to broaden trade and investment opportunities, announced Minister of Industry, investment and Trade, Anthony Hylton. The objective is to access new markets, besides facilitating strategic alliances and joint ventures, said the minister as quoted by JIS information service. ...

  • The ultimate guide to Jamaica

    This summer, I was fortunate enough to take a trip to Jamaica. It is truly one of the greatest sights in the world. It has beautiful white sand beaches and lush green rain forests, and if you look to the sky you can see giant green mountains filling up the horizon line. I stayed at the Sunset Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios for five days, and had an incredible time. I wish I could have stayed ...

  • Jamaica police corporal accused of demanding money for inmates early release

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - A police corporal in Jamaica has been arrested after authorities say he called a prisoner's family and stated he could release the inmate in exchange for $10,000. Police say the unidentified corporal was charged with corruption. He was granted a $2,000 bail and released Thursday after a judge ordered that he surrender all travel documents. The suspect is scheduled to ...

  • Jamaica Three years on state of emergency still an open wound

    After three years, Jamaica still has not met its obligation to complete a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation into the dozens of allegations of unlawful killings by security forces and other serious human rights abuses during the state of ...


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  • Caribbean talks conservation on Bransons island - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois Missouri News Sports

    By DAVID McFADDENAssociated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson's private island with the aim of protecting 20% of the region's coastal resources by 2020. Participants are expected to announce various ...

  • Retail Notebook JR Jamaican Cuisine Tractor Supply Company

    Sharnice Rosenboro works Wednesday inside JR Jamaican Cuisine on Vernon Avenue. The restaurant serves jerk chicken, curry goat and oxtails, along with other dishes, including cabbage, yams and macaroni and ...

  • Activists worldwide target homophobia in Jamaica Ukraine and South Africa

    Simply because of who they are, LGBTI people in many countries face discrimination, violence and fear as a part of their daily lives. On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, Amnesty International is calling on thousands of activists to make a strong show of solidarity to help change attitudes and realities in Jamaica, Ukraine and South ...

  • Jamaica woman charged with swindling elderly Canadian man out of $30000 in lottery scam

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Jamaican woman has been charged with fraud after allegedly swindling an elderly Canadian man in a lottery scam. For years, numerous Jamaican fraudsters have conned mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings by promising that they've won millions in an international lottery but they need to wire a payment to cover taxes. In a Thursday statement, ...

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