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Jet passenger held in airline mercury spill
895 days ago | 0 comment
An airline passenger faces United States federal charges after illegally carrying mercury that leaked inside his suitcase, forcing Puerto Rico’s main international airport to shut down several terminals and delay numerous flights….
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Gov’t to aid farmers with irrigation
909 days ago | 0 comment
The Government has outlined a number of measures to assist the island’s farmers with irrigation as local meteorologists predict continued dry weather for the next two months.Drought has already reduced crop production, which declined drastically [...]
Should Shaw go? – Analysts have mixed views on whether the finance minister should resign
909 days ago | 0 comment
Finance Minister Audley Shaw is coming under increasing pressure as Jamaica faces what is widely accepted as one of its worst economic challenges since Independence. With several questions being asked, even before he was given control of the [...]
Fed gathers to take US economy’s pulse
910 days ago | 0 comment
With the United States (US) economy turning a corner, Federal Reserve policymakers will consider whether some programmes intended to ease the recession and stem the financial crisis should be extended. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues [...]
Carib Cement sales grow as exports climb – Threatens to sue over local market share
910 days ago | 0 comment
Still facing the prospect of further competition from imports, monopoly cement producer Caribbean Cement Company Limited’s domestic sales slumped in the June quarter but were offset by cement and clinker exports…
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