Seaga's remedy - 'Straightjacket the Government!'
EDWARD SEAGA, Leader of the Opposition, wants the introduction of laws to restrict Government's ability to run up massive debt. He also wants legislation to be used in setting a threshold below which the fiscal deficit and money supply must not dip.
Import cess: Strain on the consumer
CONSUMERS WILL have to absorb the effects of increased taxation measures to be levied on imported goods, several Customs brokers say. Of great concern is the four per cent cess on all imports of capital goods and raw material.
Gun flow - still a mystery
WITHIN THE last five years, police managed to rid the nation's streets of 2,498 guns and over 70,000 rounds of ammunition... However, the lawmen are uncertain as to the total number of guns and ammunition in the island - legally and illegally.
Crime pockets burning
DESPITE A downward trend in major crimes reported by the police under the Government's new Crime Plan, several of the 19 police divisions islandwide, including communities targeted under the plan are registering increases in murders...
Major illnesses not covered under NHF
MANY PERSONS with serious chronic illnesses requiring expensive treatment have been excluded from the National Health Fund due to be launched tomorrow.
Another SARS death in Canada - WHO confirms Toronto travel advisory being reconsidered
A WORLD Health Organization spokes-man confirmed yesterday that the agency is reconsidering the travel warning it issued last week for Canada's largest city due to SARS, which claimed its 20th Canadian victim.
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