CARICOM James applauds court ruling
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the carrier was unable to use a leased
Boeing 777 for long haul flights to
The Netherlands for more than a year
because of compliance issues while
still being forced to make monthly
lease payments. That issue pushed
SLM to the brink of closure. Officials
say it is still flying only because it is
state owned and employs hundreds of
workers.
Bahamas Air, meanwhile which had
been flying with about US$70 million
in debt, continues to struggle and
will have to be infused with millions
in taxpayer subsidies to remain in
the air. Chairman Tommy Turnquest
said the US$52 million in subsidies
was way too much and will have to
be looked at soon. “It is too much
for taxpayers to bear. My view is that
it had better cover it. We cannot go
through what the government gave us
this current fiscal year. “We’ve got to
make it work. We’ll have to do whatever
we need to do to make it work.
We’ve got to run it like a business.
We’ve got to make it work. We’ve got
to make it work. Thirty million dollars
is more than most years in the
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past,” the chairman told the Tribune
newspaper. Authorities are pinning
recovery hopes on a reopening of the
economy in the coming weeks and on
a stiff summer peak season supported
by the return of cruise liners.
Island hopper LIAT which collapsed
spectacularly last year has made a
return to the skies in the Eastern
Caribbean In recent months the airline
had been carrying debts of more
than US$60 million when regional
governments decided to pull the plug
and support a completely new, rival
venture. Hundreds of staffers are yet
to receive any compensation for years
of service. Some have lost their homes
while others have abandoned aviation
altogether.
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screen names do not cease to exist at a
schoolhouse’s front door.
“I applaud the court’s decision
today that acknowledges the power of
schools to protect our students and
their ability to learn, because education
is the key to a bright future,”
James continued.
In this case, the US Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit previously
adopted a categorical rule that
student speech that occurs off-campus
on a private social network cannot
be regulated by a school.
The amicus brief that James
and the coalition submitted to the
Supreme Court disagreed with that
analysis, arguing for a more flexible
rule that would recognize the practical
harms that can be caused by
online speech.
“Cyberbullying, in particular, can
become disruptive at school regardless
of where it originates, and it
creates a school climate in which student
victims feel unsafe and unable
to engage in learning,” the New York
Attorney General said.
In addition to James, the attorneys
general of California, Colorado, Delaware,
Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Washington, and
Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia
submitted the March amicus brief
to the Supreme Court.
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In this photo taken Thursday, Sept.
27, 2012, a Caribbean Airlines jet
leaves the gate at Miami International
Airport in Miami. Associated Press/
Lynne Sladky, fi le
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Associated Press / Richard Drew
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