Air Jamaica revamped - New board named, David Banmiller tipped to be new Air Jamaica CEO.
AN EXPERIENCED airline veteran, who recently led a Hawaiian carrier through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, could soon be returning to Air Jamaica for a second attempt to lead it to safety, or prepare it to attract private investors. Minister without portfolio in the finance ministry...
Scholar brothers - Four siblings cop national scholarships
WESTERN BUREAU: THEY ARE brothers and they are all national scholarship awardees. Meet the Robinsons: Wayne, 16; Warren, 15; Kevin, 14; and Jerome, 11.Wayne and Warren received government scholarships for their performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test...
Justice handed down - Jamaican Government to pay man $5m for amputated arm
THE SUPREME Court has ordered the Government to pay $5 million in damages for negligence to a 25-year-old man, whose left arm was amputated at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James when he was 11 years old. Anthony Jackson, of Retirement, St James, had to wait for 13 years...
'Charlie Wapp' caught in Cuban waters
ONE OF Jamaica's most infamous criminals, who has been on the country's most wanted list for close to nine months, is now in police custody. Dwayne Thomas, otherwise known as 'Christopher Thomas' or 'Charlie Wapp', was wanted by the Kingston East police...
Deaf to get green light to drive
THE GOVERNMENT is taking steps to amend the law to allow deaf persons to obtain driver's licences. For years, the issue of whether the deaf should be allowed to go behind a steering wheel has been the subject of intense debate, with some arguing that this could pose a challenge...
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