Business blues - Jamaica Chamber of Commerce lashes Government over tax proposal
SMALL BUSINESSES would suffer a major disadvantage from a change in the tax rules proposed by the Ministry of Finance and Planning, second vice-president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) Edward Khoury said yesterday.

Delegates' list ready
THE PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) secretariat says the list of delegates who will decide on the governing party's next president has finally been completed. Maureen Webber, PNP deputy general secretary, told The Gleaner yesterday...

Traffic changes for PNP conference
THE POLICE will be instituting traffic changes along Old Hope Road this Saturday to accommodate the People's National Party (PNP) presidential election at Jamaica College. Superintendent Elan Powell, head of the Police Traffic Department...

'Jamaica has a family problem' - Advocate proposes plan to save dropouts
MENTORING IS a critical intervention strategy to save children who are increasingly becoming casualties of the breakdown of the family, Betty-Ann Blain, convenor of children's advocacy group Hear the Children Cry, said yesterday.

Leadership aspirants missing in action
MOST OF the candidates for the presidency of the governing People's National Party (PNP) will go into this weekend's election with arguably dismal résumés, reflecting their attendance during the life of the current Parliament.

Ruling irks traffic cops
SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT Elan Powell, head of the Traffic Department, says the issuing of summonses for certain traffic offences will make it harder for the police to enforce the law. He was responding yesterday to the recent Court of Appeal...

Eight years for raping granny
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann: A man who pleaded guilty to raping a 74-year-old woman in July 2005 has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. Thirty-year-old Wayne Tingling, originally from Westmoreland but who was living in Exchange, St. Ann...

Pastry price hike looms, bakers warn
WESTERN BUREAU: CONSUMERS SHOULD brace for a price hike in baked products, the Bakers Association of Jamaica (BAJ) has warned. The announcement comes on the heels of Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited's statement last Friday...