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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)

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... (Jamaica Gleaner)

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.... (Jamaica Gleaner)

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. (Jamaica Gleaner)

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 Gleaner)

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)

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... (Jamaica Gleaner)

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... (Jamaica Gleaner)

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... (Jamaica Gleaner)

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... (Jamaica Gleaner)

Deejay David 'Mavado' Brooks is calling for the end of the Gully/Gaza war by inviting musical rival Adidja 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer to make peace at his birthday bash on Saturday, December 5. (Jamaica Star)

An 18-year-old St Andrew man is now in police custody after he was accused of blackmailing at least five schoolgirls by threatening to post pictures of him and them engaging in sexual activities, if they did not pay him. (Jamaica Star)

A 16-year-old girl of a Corporate Area high school has been left nursing serious injuries to her cheek, tongue and gum, after she was stabbed through the jaw with a scissors during a fight with another student about a boy. (Jamaica Star)

A passenger in a taxi was yesterday shot in the mouth after armed men invaded the car and opened fire. Though details were not readily available at press time... (Jamaica Star)

A woman accused of attacking a female conductor on a Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus, was sent home after she apologised to the complainant in open court yesterday. (Jamaica Star)

Deejay Bounty Killer, whose real name is Rodney Price, is to return before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on February 23 for the drug charges against him to be tried. (Jamaica Star)

Come next Monday the drive to rid public-transportation-buses of heavy tinting and amplified audio and video equipment will be getting a boost in Portmore, St Catherine. (Jamaica Star)

The four men who were implicated in the murder of security guard Gilbert Davis during a robbery incident at the Island Village Shopping Centre in June 2008, have been given lengthy prison sentences. (Jamaica Star)

Donald Lindo has been painting his way into the hearts of his customers for 18 years along Ellis Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The 65-year-old Spanish Town-born Lindo, showed THE STAR a number of ludo boards... (Jamaica Star)

Brisbane, Nov.20 : West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has said that his side will be ready to compete on equal terms with Australia when the first Test begins at the Gabba from November 26. (Jamaican Times)

Santiago, Nov 20 (EFE) The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by nine million to 189 million this year, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in a report presented here. (Jamaican Times)

Santo Domingo.- Homegrown Hollywood movie star and producer Manny Perez will bring his latest film to the countrys most coveted venue, as part of the 3rd Global Film Festival inaugurated by president ... (Jamaican Times)

KINGSTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2009) - The Government of Canada is investing in our historic sites and contributing to our nation's economy. Gord Brown, Member of Parliament for Leeds-Grenv... (Jamaican Times)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says an additional nine million people have sunk into poverty this year. (Jamaican Times)

As the weather turns against us and holidays approach, many Canadians will eagerly begin to plan their winter escapes to hotter climes. Each year, hundreds of thousands of us travel to the island of C... (Jamaican Times)

WASHINGTON -- Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her qu... (Jamaican Times)

WASHINGTON -- Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in U.S.-Cuba relations, scoring a lengthy reply from President Barack Obama to her qu... (Jamaican Times)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 20 (IPS) - Under a beating sun in the grassy field where two U.N. helicopters landed in Grand Goave last week, 19-year-old Benson Blanc moved his hands as if rapid-firing a gun int... (Jamaican Times)

Santo Domingo.- Austria’s Development Bank has 100 million euros available for the Dominican Government or businesses interested in investing in renewable energy, whose only requirement is to presen... (Jamaican Times)

As the weather turns against us and holidays approach, many Canadians will eagerly begin to plan their winter escapes to hotter climes. Each year, hundreds of thousands of us travel to the island of C... (Jamaican Times)

KINGSTON (JIS) - Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Mr. Reginald Budhan, has said that the Government has made great strides this year in small business financin... (Jamaican Times)