Air J debt soars
National carrier J$34 billion in the red
THE NATIONAL carrier, Air Jamaica, has lost more than J$34 billion (US$560 million) since its privatisation in 1994 and is also carrying a debt burden of almost $42 billion (US$682.7 million).
Business operators eye bleak Christmas
SOME BUSINESS operators across the Corporate Area have predicted a less than lucrative Christmas season this year, based primarily on the effects of Hurricane Ivan which hit the island in September and the spiralling crime rate...
Guyana plans to ease homosexuality laws
THE GUYANESE Government is planning to change a number of local laws which will make homosexuality and prostitution legal and permit the free distribution of condoms in prisons.
CCJ to arbitrate T&T, Ja gas price dispute
JAMAICA COULD eventually buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) cheaper than the price negotiated in the recent agreement signed between both countries.
JLP caretaker wants Pearnel Charles' motion dismissed
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW DON O. Foote, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) caretaker for the Westmoreland Eastern constituency, has filed an application in the Supreme Court to strike out the motion filed by Member of Parliament Pearnel Charles, against the JLP.
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