Tax-break delay - January 1 increase in threshold on hold
Government will postpone the planned January 1 implementation of a 42 per cent hike in the income tax threshold, which would have pushed the level at which Jamaicans begin to pay tax on their yearly incomes to a little over $275,000.
2006 YEAR IN REVIEW - Bill Clarke: Personality of the year
Even if William 'Bill' Clarke, notoriously gruff and arrogant, had merely reported his company's profit for the year, he would have been assured of a high ranking among corporate newsmakers for 2006.
Late goal secures draw for Greenwich
Host team Mountain View and Greenwich Town battled to an exciting 1-1 draw in their rescheduled Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Jamaica National (JN) Super League match at Excelsior High School yesterday.
EDITORIAL - The utility of CCTV
Just before Christmas, in the eastern English town of Ipswich, police arrested and charged a forklift operator for the murder of five prostitutes, whose deaths fired popular imagination and comparisons to serial killings of the past.
LETTER OF THE DAY - Faith without work means nothing
The Editor, Sir: Let me start by wishing you and all fellow Jamaicans all that's best for the coming year. Life is tough for us all and this is as a result of how high we set our goals, or hang our basket, but let us not lower them...
Hit-filled hour from Buju Banton
When MC Shaka Fame said, 'Boom bye bye', the thousands who filled Jamworld, Portmore, St. Catherine, early Wednesday morning happily completed the sentence. Then came the spoken introduction to Driver, and the venue erupted.
Scotia's '40s splash!
It was a twisting and a grooving last Friday night as the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Jamaica Ltd. hosted its media appreciation party. Dubbed the Scotiabank Swing Dance Club, guests were taken back to the 1940s.
Dear Preacher - Why is there suffering in the world?
Suffering in the world has baffled Christians and Non-Christians alike. A former associate of world famous American evangelist, Billy Graham, Charles Templeton, rejected Christianity partly because of the suffering in the world.
ETHOPIA: Gov't troops march into Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, (Reuters): Triumphant Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into Mogadishu yesterday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they had held for six months.
