No Air Jamaica sale, no IMF - Divestment of national carrier tied to negotiations with lending agency
WESTERN BUREAU: The US$200-million divestment cost of the national carrier Air Jamaica could be one of the major factors causing the delay in concluding negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The deadline to wrap up the IMF loan was originally slated... ...

• Michael Stern goes back to being a minister of state
• Year-old wounds force tightening of security - JLP not taking chances at annual conference following last year's shooting incident
• Scotiabank drops $350K into Salvation Army's Xmas Kettle
• Media associations mull code of ethics
• Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) wants registration deadline pushed back
• USS Wasp gives gifts amounting to millions

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POSITIVE ROLE MODELS - An endangered species
National coordinator of the Governor General Achievement Awards, Hugh Morris, believes the annual event has taken on greater significance as positive role models are becoming an endangered species in Jamaica. Morris, who has overseen the awards for the last six years... ...

• Jamaican nutritionist cops dietetic foundation awards
• Gloomy outlook for Jamaica - PIOJ quarterly report forecasts more decline
• Bar Association supports jury system, condemns corruption
• Charter of Rights debate ends - Legislation to sit for three months before vote
• Hope for Jamaica
• Sandals, education ministry join forces for literacy

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$3b country club - Selective Homes chooses Negril for next venture
Developer Robert Cartade has selected Negril for his next real estate venture but is carefully scoping out the market before finalising the plans for what, at this stage, is a $3-billion estate with homes targeted at hotel executives, professionals and foreign buyers...

• Jamaica to sell sugar to itself, as world prices climb
• OUR signals policy shift on portability - Says Jamaica running out of phone numbers
• Scotia economist sees turnaround for Jamaicans next year
• Capital and Credit Securities moves closer to parent
• Hotel repairs more 'disruptive' than expected - Sandals Whitehouse opening delayed
• Guardian takes big hit on UK business ❑ 'We are strong enough,' says insurance company ❑ Stock plunges on JSE

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JBA moves to lift standards
In an effort to improve the standard of basketball across the island, Ajani Williams, president of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JBA), said the association is acquiring the services of American-based official, Michael Henderson, to assist with the training and development...

• Reggae Boyz are back home
• Roach shines but West Indies toil
• Test cricket feeling the heat, says Chappell
• Kemar Brown credits coach with win
• 'Hand of Shame' sparks debate on cheating, replays
• Questions for ISSA

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EDITORIAL - Hoping for a bold Mr Golding
It is good that neither Prime Minister Golding nor Finance Minister Shaw feels it worthwhile to attack Moody's over its downgrade of Jamaica's sovereign debt by two rungs to Caa1. That would be just a case of shooting the messenger, as was the case a fortnight...

• Undoing Constantine
• NOTE-WORTHY

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Superficial and cosmetic investigative procedures
The Editor, Sir: The call by Betty Ann Blaine, the convener of the advocacy group Hear the Children's Cry, for a missing-children's unit to be established in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is quite welcome at this time and deserves serious consideration...

• No private service by cops
• Poor examples from teachers
• Making a killing off the dead
• Cameras and barking dogs
• Resocialise entire society
• Professional beggars

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CMC plus model profiles - Full-figured and fighting to the finish
Pulse has put the full-figured women front and centre in its reality series. Meet some of the women you will be seeing a lot more of in the coming weeks...

• Princess Tia debuts with 'Free'
• Something extra
• Where to stay this christmas: Manchester - A mountain retreat fit for celebrating Christmas
• Gleaner honour awards

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Studio 38 an early hit
LOOKS LIKE those people of a certain age who had come to rely on the ambience of the entertainment spot that once occupied premises at Pulse headquarters on Trafalgar Road could not wait for last week Friday's opening of Studio 38.

• A reunion to remember
• Bon voyage, Seth! New consul general off to Canada
• Celebrating success
• New nightspot in the city
• Matahari comes to town

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