Real budget to come warns Shaw
OPPOSITION SPOKESMAN on Finance Audley Shaw is again accusing the Government of neglecting to present the real National Budget. Mr. Shaw was responding yesterday to the announcement by Dr. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning...

Frankson worried about trade deficit
PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA), Doreen Frankson, has raised concerns about the country's burgeoning trade deficit. As manufacturers and exporters we are greatly concerned about our worsening trade deficit...

Fire leaves 72 homeless
SEVENTY-TWO PERSONS, ranging in age from four months to 61 years, including 38 children, have been left homeless following a fire which razed 21 wooden structures at 12-14 Victoria Street, Denham Town, west Kingston, about 2:00 a.m.

Pennicook named Air Jamaica's senior VP
A NEW director of tourism will be selected to replace Paul Pennicook, who has been appointed senior vice-president of sales and marketing for the national airline, Air Jamaica. Michael Conway, president and chief executive officer of Air Jamaica...

Malaysian PM to visit Ja next Tuesday
WESTERN BUREAU: MALAYSIAN PRIME Minister Dato seri Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi will make a one-day official visit to Jamaica next Tuesday, after a three-day tour of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Businesses close early due to unrest in Spanish Town
SEVERAL BUSINESSES in Spanish Town, St. Catherine had to close their doors earlier than usual yesterday, following the arrest of two men by the Spanish Town Police on suspicion of murder.

The 2006/07 Budget - Interlude or revival?
INFORMED OBSERVERS will have been surprised if not disappointed that the tax reform programme, implementation of which commenced in last year's budget exercise has paused. Indeed, the re-instituting of zero-rated status for a number of goods...