Anxiety over cess
IMPORTERS ARE waiting anxiously for tomorrow's closing statement in the 2003/04 Budget Debate from Dr. Omar Davies, Finance and Planning Minister, on the controversial four per cent cess on imports.
Vendors lose $millions in Jubilee Market blaze
HUNDREDS OF vendors lost goods valued at millions of dollars in a fire Sunday night which razed the Victoria Jubilee Market, West Parade and West Queen Street, downtown Kingston.
UNESCO to host conference in Ja
THE UNITED Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), is to host a two-day international conference in the island, starting on May 3, as part of celebrations to mark World Press Freedom Day.
Seaga wants debate before tax
EDWARD SEAGA, the Opposition Leader, wrote to Prime Minister P.J. Patterson yesterday seeking an assurance that the Taxation Committee of the House of Representatives will debate the recently announced tax measures...
Two dead in attack on station - Cop foils morning ambush - One assailant on the run
ALEXANDRIA, St. Ann: TWO OF three men, who the police say invaded the Alexandria Police Station in southwestern St. Ann yesterday morning and attacked a police constable on duty, were shot, one fatally.
EOJ wins $28m contract in Antigua
THE ELECTORAL Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has secured a US$500,000 ($28 million) contract to assist in organising the electoral system of Antigua and Barbuda.
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