Air Jamaica sold - First murmurs about who has bought the national carrier have surfaced
The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country's national carrier, Air Jamaica.
- Finding solutions - Spanish Town pastor asks for help to teach youth how to 'fish'
- Hope rises from within
- Office of the Contractor General taken to court
- United Kingdom visa fees on the move
- Jamaica wants better trade mechanism
- Make more space to certify lawyers and doctors - Thwaites
- Eighteen head to Canada for culinary programme
Dozens of YEP ideas in St Ann
The eleventh-grade students at Brown's Town High School, who earlier this year won an Organisation of American States sponsored Caribbean science competition with a molluscide they developed, were among the over 130 school leavers who turned out at the Runaway Bay HEART Hotel recently to seek assistance from the Young Entrepreneurs Programme (YEP).
- Across the Nation
- Students urged to reject alien culture
- Powerful drug found at Jackson's home
- Law-breaking businessmen, beware!
Short on credit, HAJ turns to NHT for project financing
Faced with a tight credit market, the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) has turned to National Housing Trust to pony up 80 per cent of the financing for two new developments to be executed this year, under a deal that is worth about $640 million based on the estimated $800 million price tag on the projects.
- CGM reshapes management structure, adds new layer
- Rivalry sends Trinidad in search of new LNG markets
Shock defeat for Boyz
POOR FINISHING sent Jamaica crashing to a losing start in the CONCACAF Gold Cup yesterday, as they were beaten 1-0 by Canada at the Home Depot Center yesterday.
- IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
- Jamaica pull off classy win over Argentina
- All set for CSN event at Makka beach
- World Youth Championships - Hawthorne confident Jamaica will do well
- World Youth Championships - Young sprinter hoping hard work pays off at championships
- World Youth Championships - IAAF offers unique experience
- Lee heads Pan Am Junior Champs team
- Salmon surprises top seed
- India snatch series lead as WI slip up
- Karting carnival ready to blast off
- Bangladesh fight back
- Powell prevails in close finish
- It's Rum Talk for Bob Mayall
- ICC gives Windsor Park thumbs up for one-dayers
- Performer of the Week - Bolt on the double
EDITORIAL - Keeping the 'country' safe
With many Jamaicans having abandoned the rural areas in droves and heading to the urbanised and, they hope, more lucrative pastures in the country, we are used to the notion of a rural-urban drift. We are not, however, so accustomed to the reverse, as appears to be happening with criminals ...
LETTER OF THE DAY - Intolerable delays for retirement benefits
The Editor, Sir: In the past year, I have known about 10 Jamaicans who have served their country long and well in the public service, and who have encountered numerous problems getting their retirement benefits. And from comments from others who have encountered similar roadblocks in the past, this is nothing new.
- Protest against American insults
- Help small farmers become more profitable
- Start remedial programme earlier
- NOTE-WORTHY - Whatever happened to bras?
Partying for a cause
Most people have come to realise that Jamaican parties are generally enjoyable but when you attend with a friend or group of friends that makes it Twice as Nice. That's the name of the summer soirée planned and promoted by Socialite Events, a group of four friends who take pride in providing a mellow setting...
Doctor'sadvice - Tackling awful period pain
I am feeling really desperate about my teenage daughter's period pain. I wonder if you could help. She is 15. Her first few periods were OK but in the last year, her menses have been accompanied by very severe cramping pain, which is so bad she cannot go to school. She cries and cries and has to stay in bed.
Go mellow with yellow
Electric brights are an ever-present trend on the fashion circuit worldwide, but with so many styles and items to choose from, it's easy to get carried away. Whether you're colour shy or just plain scared of running the risk of looking like a lemon at your next event, here are five easy ways to effectively incorporate bright yellow in your wardrobe.
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