How will development projects foster growth?
LAST week both the Minister of Industry and Commerce and Technology Phillip Paulwell addressed The Gleaner's Editors Forum at its North Street headquarters. The debate was lively with both men outlining creditable plans...

Cabinet grading list throws up a few surprises
THIS IS the Cabinet graduating class of 1997. Over the last five years (December 1997-October 2002) there have been a few changes to the composition of the group. The 18-team Cabinet, comprised of 16 men and two women (Simpson Miller and Henry-Wilson)...

Make it a flat rate for Internet use - ...says InfoChannel's Patrick Terrelonge
...says InfoChannel's Patrick Terrelonge INFOCHANNEL'S Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Terrelonge, is calling on telecommunications regulators to examine the impact that the recently announced hike in domestic telephone rates (by Cable and Wireless)...

Accounting for deferred taxation
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) has adopted International Accounting Standards (IAS), now termed International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)...

Getting to the Roots - Golding: The darling of the media
BRUCE Golding, having returned to the JLP, has become the darling of the media and is currently playing a starring role in both JLP and PNP advertisements.

Recent tax developments - Commissioner of taxpayer appeals
TAXPAYERS who are dissatisfied with the decisions of Revenue Commissioners in relation to assessments made under the Income Tax, General Consumption Tax, Transfer Tax, Customs, Stamp Duty...

Banana industry in peril
THE EDITOR, Sir: THE recent closure of Victoria Banana Company with 350 job losses was the first step in an escalating process which will result in the obliteration of the Jamaican banana industry in the near future unless some action is taken.