The Third Country National agreement between Jamaica and the United States was a topic of contention in yesterday's sitting of the Upper House.While commenting on the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill, Opposition Senator Lambert Brown expressed his discontent with the TCN arrangement.
In a statement this morning, Portfolio Minister, Dr. Horace Chang, reiterated that the Government has not approved the transfer of any TCNs to any location in Jamaica at this time.
The Senate has approved the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, which aims to ensure that Jamaica's aviation laws effectively support the fulfilment of international obligations and align with current global civil aviation standards and best practices.
A Dominican man died in a motor vehicle crash along the Pointe Main Road in Hanover, yesterday.He has been identified him as 30-year-old Carlos Baez, a power plant operator.
The charred remains of two unidentified individuals were pulled from a crashed motorcar along the Toll Gate to Mandeville leg of the PJ Patterson Highway, in Manchester, early this morning.Reports are that at about 3:45 AM, a White Toyota Noah motorcar, with two people aboard, was being driven along the roadway.