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Virgin Atlantic airline files for US bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK (AP) — Virgin Atlantic, the airline founded by British businessman Richard Branson, filed Tuesday for protection in US bankruptcy court as it tries to survive the virus pandemic that is hammering the airline industry. The...
CommentsHunt on for men after Spanish Town robbery
A search is underway for a group of men who held up a truck driver and robbed him near the gates of the National Police College of Jamaica in Spanish Town, St Catherine today.
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‘You feel it?’ - PM flies election kite in push for votes
With a pair of Clarks Desert boots and stark, teasing language, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has put the country on notice that he could be ready to announce the date for the next general election. And, no sooner than he told scores of excited...
CommentsThreats to judges rile chief justice - Warns lawyers against misleading public
Danae Hyman/Staff Reporter The Jamaican public has been urged to desist from threatening the Supreme Court who delivered the judgment in a controversial constitutional matter sparked by the 2018 decision to bar a girl from school because of her...
Comments- ‘Good will suffer for the bad’ - Little Ochie’s Blackie cries foul as entertainment industry fearful of shutdown
- ‘You would have chaos in schools’ - PTA official says parents must abide by rules
- JLP could create upset in Westmoreland, Samuda declares
- ‘It was like an atomic bomb’ - Aunt of Jamaican-Lebanese returns to shattered apartment, loses belongings
Offer interest-free loans to cover UWI fee hike – Thwaites
The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) has been urged to extend interest-free credit to students of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to cover incremental movements in tuition fees caused by recalculations based on the greenback. Hundreds of...
CommentsTribunal to hear Tommy Lee case 3 times next week
WESTERN BUREAU: A tribunal sitting to determine whether dancehall entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta should be released from police custody has been rescheduled for three hearing dates next week. The artiste, whose real name is Leroy Russell, had his...
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Pay up - Stakeholders support call for greater compensation for cricket clubs
Melbourne Cricket Club President Mark Neita agrees with cricket economist Tim Wigmore that clubs in the region should be better compensated for their role in developing world-class players. Wigmore, in a recent television interview, said regional...
CommentsPro league can attract investment
With recommendations being developed to improve Jamaica’s domestic football product, sports administrators Don Anderson and Carvel Stewart believe that professionalising the island’s top flight can attract overseas investors to local clubs. Former...
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Printing partnership - Mapco restructures, outsources production to Lithographic
Mapco Printers, a company that has operated in Jamaica for 34 years and holds a tenth of the market, has struck a deal that will see the outsourcing of its print productions to competitor Lithographic Printers. The production partnership falls...
CommentsEppley refinances USD preference shares
Eppley Limited, which mainly provides loan financing and manages a real estate fund, has extended the life of one of its four preference stocks by three years, a refinancing deal that will allow it to hang on to cash for other purposes. The Eppley...
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TVJ goes ‘Rolling with Deiwght Peters’
“It will be hilarious fun! Exclusive celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes, international runway shows and features, politicians, supermodels, breakout stars, pop culture highlights, island magic and more,” shares a wildly enthusiastic...
CommentsNo Jamaica Festival Queen contest this year - 2019 winner, parish finalists to reign until 2021
When Khamara Wright was crowned Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2019, she made history when her win brought to an end a 29-year drought for the parish which she represented, St Catherine. In 2020, Wright is again in history-making mode. Interim...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Black hair matters, too, Mr Holness
THE EDITOR, Madam: Dear Prime Minister Andrew Holness, I am of Jamaican parentage/ethnicity and reside in London as part of the diaspora. I was shocked and saddened recently to read the Supreme Court’s ruling on the wearing of dreadlocks in...
CommentsCoronavirus fear for Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam: I can still recall my grandmother telling me “craven choke puppy” while growing up in the hills of St Ann. I am now forced to say this to the Government of Jamaica as we continue to open our borders, thus allowing for...
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Massive Beirut blast kills more than 70, injures thousands
BEIRUT (AP): A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the city’s port, damaging buildings across the capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. More than 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured, with bodies...
CommentsTropical Storm Isaias whips up east coast, killing at least four
WINDSOR, North Carolina (AP): AT LEAST four people were killed as Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain on Tuesday along the US East Coast after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it caused floods and fires...
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Breast is still best - Mothers encouraged to exclusively feed babies
Miracle, Blessing, a bundle of joy are a few of the words used to describe the precious gift of a baby. As such, babies are to be protected as much as possible, and one of the easiest ways to do so is through breastfeeding. Breastfeeding provides...
CommentsNurses are more than white uniforms
THE YEAR 2020 has been designated the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Assembly. Can you imagine the joy we felt, and are feeling, to have a year specially dedicated to us? We started the year in high spirits. There were...
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Something Extra | Wednesday
The winner of the 2020 Jamaica Gospel Song Competition was disclosed during the competition’s Grand Announcement Show last Sunday on CVM Television. Schoolteacher Treisha Williams with the song One Dose of the Holy Ghost was crowned the winner. The...
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Editorial | PM must act; Virgos should appeal
Elizabeth Morgan | CARICOM sugar – A limping industry