Major parties claim benefit from poll
THE TWO major political parties are giving different interpretations to the latest poll findings indicating their respective standing in public support.

Davies rejects proposals on taxation system
DR. OMAR Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning, has rejected the proposals for amendments to the tax system contained in the draft social partnership agreement developed by the private sector-led Partnership for Progress.

JLP to hold conference in Portland - Party moves to assess effectiveness of political representatives
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) has scheduled a conference in its troubled East Portland constituency for late August, the party's General Secretary Karl Samuda told The Gleaner yesterday.

Ministry defends Overseas Employment Programme - Dependents of workers killed are adequately compensated
BARRINGTON BAILEY, the senior director of Manpower Services in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, has come out in defence of the Overseas Employment Programme...

Gang threat heightens Spanish Town security
MEMBERS OF the notorious 'One Order Gang' have allegedly threatened to shut down the commercial district of Spanish Town, St. Catherine, next Monday, when the gang's leader Oliver 'Bubba' Smith will be buried.