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Selectors recall Best, Deonarine
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Political civil servant
VANDO PALMER, the intelligent and articulate communications manager of the National Works Agency (NWA), should not be waiting to be separated from his job. Mr. Palmer has entered representational politics.

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Justice and the jungle
THE EDITOR, Sir: I WAS FORCED to consult my Concise Oxford Dictionary to refresh my memory on the meaning of the word 'jungle'. It says - "Jungle n.(area of) land overgrown with underwood or tangled vegetation...

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Writing talents defined
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Shipping Association of Jamaica's UTech Award
SIMONE FERGUSON-Treston took the Shipping Association of Jamaica Award at the University of Technology's annual awards function for the Faculty of Business and Management held on Saturday, April 16 in the Alfred Sangster Auditorium.

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THE GOVERNMENT SAYS

GCT UP

* Rate climbs to 16.5%
* Income tax ceiling rises

CONSUMERS, GAMBLERS and smokers will have to dig deeper into their pockets this year to help the Government keep its promise of balancing the budget.

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, yesterday presented a tax plan to Parliament, intended to produce an extra $9.4 billion in revenue to plug the hole in this year's $347.2 billion spending plan. more

OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance, Audley Shaw, is not impressed with Government's plans for financing the 2005/2006 Budget.

Speaking to The Gleaner shortly after Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, opened the Budget debate in the House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. Shaw admitted that some assistance has been provided to the most economically vulnerable ­ through the raising of the income tax threshold ­ but argued that the same assistance has been negated by tax increases. more