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Jamaica advises women to delay pregnancy due to Zika virus

2016-01-18 19:47:34| Biotech - Topix.net

This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. On Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, U.S. health officials are telling pregnant women to avoid travel to Latin America and Caribbean countries with outbreaks of a tropical illness linked to birth defects.

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Delta evacuates plane in Jamaica after faulty report of fire

2015-10-13 02:53:44| Airlines - Topix.net

" A Delta Air Lines plane aborted takeoff Monday in Jamaica after a fire was reported in its cargo area, forcing 160 people and six crew members to evacuate the commercial jetliner which was scheduled to fly from Montego Bay to Atlanta. Nobody was injured in the afternoon incident at Sangster International Airport in the northern tourist city of Montego Bay.

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Jamaica deeply concerned about Climate Change challenges

2015-10-03 15:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Antigua Observer: Jamaica has expressed deep concern about the challenge posed by Climate Change, saying it is an existential one for the populations of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Foreign Affairs Minister Arnold Nicholson told the 70thSession of the United Nations General Assembly Debate that the lives and livelihoods too often hang in the balance for SIDS nationals because of the threat of Climate Change. We, therefore, look toward the continued support of the international community for SIDS,...

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Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority to invest $2.57bn for new air traffic control towers

2015-09-21 01:00:00| Airport Technology

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) is to invest $2.57bn to build two new air traffic control towers at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and the Sangster International Airport, in Montego Bay.

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