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Daily Archives: Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 23:33

Fly Jamaica updates flight schedule following incident at Guyana airport

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 23:38 by Denis Chabrol Customers of Fly Jamaica Airways Ltd. can now view the airline’s updated flight schedule for November 29th and 30th at www.fly-jamaica.com/updated-flight-schedule, in the wake of an incident Tuesday morning that resulted in its tail cone being ripped off. At approximately 07:20 hrs this morning at Cheddi Jagan International Airport ...

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Likely breach of procedure caused aircraft mishap at Cheddi Jagan Int’l Airport

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 5:41 by Denis Chabrol The incident that led to the damage of two aircraft owned by Caribbean Airlines and Fly Jamaica early Tuesday morning appeared to have been caused by an alleged breach of air-side directive at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), according to well-placed sources. Demerara Waves was reliably informed that ...

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Private Sector, GAWU react sharply to 2017 National Budget

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 13:40 by Denis Chabrol The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday gave a mixed reaction to the 2017 National Budget, saying the reduced Corporation Tax will help stimulate production but adjustments to the Value Added Tax (VAT) amounted to a mockery. With consumers now being asked to pay a 14 percent VAT on ...

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Gov’t announces $50M innovation fund for youth

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 10:20 by Denis Chabrol Although the criteria has not yet been finalised, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced during his 2017 budget speech that $50M will be placed into a Youth Innovation fund (YIF). “This fund will provide a financing platform to launch exceptionally innovative ideas,” Jordan said in the House, “harnessing the energetic ...

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$369M Mazaruni Prison expansion to reduce Georgetown Prison overcrowding

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 10:07 by Denis Chabrol Following the death of 17 inmates in a fatal fire at the Georgetown Prison earlier this year and and an inquiry which revealed serious overcrowding, Government is hoping to plug some $2.2B into expansion the Mazaruni Prison to ease pressures on the Georgetown prison. $369M will be released in ...

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CAL, Fly Jamaica planes damaged in incident at Cheddi Jagan International Airport

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 5:42 by Denis Chabrol An incoming Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) aircraft Tuesday morning  struck a Fly Jamaica plane that was parked at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport but no one was injured. Director of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Col. Egbert Field confirmed that the right wing of the CAL plane ...

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