No Air Jamaica sale, no IMF - Divestment of national carrier tied to negotiations with lending agency
WESTERN BUREAU: The US$200-million divestment cost of the national carrier Air Jamaica could be one of the major factors causing the delay in concluding negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The deadline to wrap up the IMF loan was originally slated... ...

Michael Stern goes back to being a minister of state
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has reappointed Michael Stern as a minister of state.Stern, who lost his job after he was booted by the court as member of parliament for North West Clarendon, has been returned to the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce...

Year-old wounds force tightening of security - JLP not taking chances at annual conference following last year's shooting incident
Hundreds of police personnel and dozens of private security guards are to ring the National Arena on Sunday as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) stages the public session of its annual conference. The party is to spend almost $500,000 on security....

Scotiabank drops $350K into Salvation Army's Xmas Kettle
WESTERN BUREAU: Scotiabank donated $350,000 to Western Jamaica Salvation Army's 2009 Christmas Kettle drive at its official launch in Sam Sharpe Square yesterday. The bank has been providing sponsorship for the drive for the past six years.

Media associations mull code of ethics
Members of the Press and Media associations of Jamaica (PAJ)/(MAJ), met yesterday at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston to discuss the code of practice document. This document, now in its 'draft stage', once becoming official, will replace the old 1965 Code of Ethics...

Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) wants registration deadline pushed back
Jamaica Teachers' Association President Michael Stewart has called on the Caribbean Examinations Council to extend the deadline for registrations for next year's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination papers ...

USS Wasp gives gifts amounting to millions
The command and crew of the United States navy vessel, USS Wasp (LHD 1), brought gifts worth nearly $9 million on their visit to the island yesterday. The imposing vessel, which anchored 15 miles off the coast of Ocho Rios, St Ann, returned two trucks...

Accused jurors to face the courts Monday
The two accused were held in a bathroom at a business place in May Pen allegedly accepting marked money. The two female jurors who were held in a sting operation on Monday for allegedly accepting money to free a man accused...

E10 could burn deportee owners
Motor Sales, dealers for Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, has issued a warning on behalf of its parent company that could spell doom for some Mitsubishi deportee owners.The company said that while products sold by Motor Sales...

Pan Jamaica closes land deal
Cabinet has approved the sale of land located at Knutsford Park in New Kingston to Pan Jamaica Investment Trust Limited (Pan Jamaica). Minister of Information Daryl Vaz disclosed on Wednesday during a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House that Pan...