Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) are responsible for more than half of the deaths in Jamaica, a Pa American Health Organisation (PAHO) official has revealed.
Free Market Mojo (Free subscription) | yesterday
To understand their importance, we can contrast Jamaica and Singapore. Both are relatively tiny states, with under 5 million residents apiece. Upon Singapore’s independence in 1965—three years after Jamaica’s own establishment as a nation—the two nations were about equal in wealth: the gross domestic product (in 2006 U.S. dollars) was $2,850 per person in Jamaica, slightly higher...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jamaica, in response to changing market conditions, is pulling back from sugar exports this crop season, and is, instead, repositioning for a bigger share of the domestic market that has long relied on imports of the sweetener to satisfy local consumption...
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mobile number portability was not, up to a few months ago, in the immediate plans of the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) but is now a priority issue, as Jamaica prepares to apply to the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a new batch of codes....
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | yesterday
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... ...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | yesterday
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 ...
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
K Hawkins Photography and Design (Free subscription) | yesterday
A group of us from Boston Handmade will be selling our work at this annual holiday fair. Stop by and support local artisans
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
“It seems there are a few problems with the Jamaica Defence Force worth looking into”: For Jamaica Salt, it is a case of who's going to guard the guards.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MIAMI, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A former president of the Jamaica Airline Pilots Association (JALPA) has sent an open letter to Spirit Airlines, asking the low-cost carrier to drop its bid to purchase Air Jamaica and disclose the purchase price to the current and former Air Jamaica employees who are determined to keep the country's only airline under Jamaican ownership - even if it means purchasing...
DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Read it. In 1965 the two nations were equal in wealth. Four decades later, their standing was dramatically different. What accounts for the difference? An interesting comparison.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Air Jamaica is back on the market, Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has announced.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Jamaica's Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda says the Government will be embarking on a marketing campaign in Europe on behalf of the small business sector in January.
Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Claiming Jamaica appears close to defaulting on its debts, ratings agency Moody's Investors has downgraded the country's local and foreign currency bonds from B2 to Caa1 with a negative outlook. Yesterday, Moody's said delays in reaching an agreement...
AMERICAN.COM (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In 1965 the two nations were equal in wealth. Four decades later, their standing was dramatically different. What accounts for the difference?
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