C&W ordered to pay Terrelonge $2.5m

CABLE AND Wireless Jamaica, Ltd., the telecommunications giant, has been ordered by an arbitrator to pay aggravated damages of $2.5 million to Patrick Terrelonge, executive chairman of InfoChannel Ltd., the local internet provider, for false...

Stronger petrol laws proposed

HEFTY FINES and lengthy jail terms are in the making for persons found in breach of the Petroleum (Quality Control) Amendment Act. A fine of up to $1 million and jail terms as long as five years could be imposed on individuals convicted by a Resident...

Int'l forum focuses on free trade issues
BUENOS AIRES: THE SIXTH Americas Business Forum opened yesterday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a hectic schedule of discussions on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) seizing the attention of business leaders, including a delegation from...

Paulwell not fully satisfied with C&WJ
MINISTER OF Industry, Commerce and Technol-ogy, Phillip Paulwell, is dissatisfied with Cable & Wireless Jamaica's handling of the installation of the 217,000 telephone lines which was promised under the company's current monopoly agreement. "They...

PM endorses plans for umbrella youth organisation
PRIME MINISTER Patterson has endorsed plans by the Millennium Youth Congress for the formation of a National Youth Organisation, to embrace the activities of the several youth groups in Jamaica. The Prime Minister gave his support as he met a delegation.