MoBay gets closer to its 'sister'
EFFORTS ARE to be made to strengthen the linkages between Atlanta and its sister city of Montego Bay. This was agreed to between Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta. The Prime Minister who is in Atlanta on a official...
JLP wants tourism master plan revealed
JAMAICA LABOUR Party (JLP) spokesman on tourism Ed Bartlett yesterday called on Minister Portia Simpson Miller to tell the country when the Government's master plan for the industry would be revealed. Mr. Bartlett was responding to an article in...
Stewart warns of job cuts
HOTELIER GORDON 'Butch' Stewart, has warned there will be job cuts in the tourism industry next month, because of what he describes as "horrendous bookings". Stressing bookings right across the industry were down for September...
Record drug bust - Agents net US$12.3m worth of cocaine after boat chase
A JOINT drug-busting operation between Colombian and Jamaican narcotics agents seized a record illegal shipment of cocaine with a street value of US$12.3 million after a speedboat chase which ended at Port Royal Harbour, Kingston yesterday...
Market review held up - Town Clerk blames 'problems' for one-year wait
A REVIEW OF the operations of the 18 KSAC-run markets and arcades is yet to be completed, more than a year after it was first suggested by Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Councillors...
More water woes for Metro Region
THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) had good and bad news yesterday for customers in Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Thomas. On the good side, the NWC expected to complete emergency repairs to the New Pera/Phillips-field plant today so normal...
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