PM offers tax break - Business leaders reject new plan as inequitable
PRIME MINISTER P.J. Patterson yesterday adjusted his proposal for a special cess on electricity bills to pay for street lighting. Under the new plan, the cess paid by property owners will be credited to their property tax account for the fiscal year...
American teen fulfils promise of computer lab
THE MOUNTAIN View Primary School family in Kingston came alive with excitement yesterday after the school's fully-furnished computer lab was officially opened by 15-year-old American student, Anders Jones and a member of the...
No reason to resign - Rex James
PRESIDENT OF the National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ), Rex James, said yesterday he saw no reason to resign, even though he accepted responsibility for the institution's errors in the handling of the...
'Tony Welsh' on shooting charge
SIX YEARS after he was deported from the United States, well-known political activist, Milton 'Tony' Welsh, has been jailed after being slapped with charges of shooting with intent and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. The 55-year-old...
VMBS clerical workers protest
CLERICAL EMPLOYEES at the Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) branches went on strike yesterday afternoon over the dismissal of a colleague, but the company said the timing did not allow it to determine the effect on its...
Life on the streets - cruel and unusual punishment
THE WORDS from this Phil Collins hit song, "Another Day in Paradise", could well describe life on the streets in Jamaica where the homeless and the mentally ill come face-to-face with their version of...
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