BUDGET STRESS
Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Omar Davies will be in a box of bricks when he opens the 2007/2008 Budget Debate in Gordon House on Thursday.In deciding how to spend the estimated $383 billion to manage the nation's business during this financial year, the Finance Minister is contrained by the fact that more than half will have to be spent on repaying debt.
Low anti-toll vote expected in Portmore
A Gleaner-commissioned poll, conducted last month by Bill Johnson, found that 72 per cent of residents in the St. Catherine South West constituency will not factor the toll road into their voting decision. This compares to 22 per cent, who said the toll road would influence the party they voted for.
Ganja seizure rate above last year's - Scarcity of cocaine triggers increase in marijuana production
Ganja seizure for the first quarter of this year has sky-rocketed, says Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Carlton Wilson, commander of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Narcotics Division.
Scammed UTech students face deregistration
everal students at the University of Technology (UTech) are now facing a crisis due to a multimillion-dollar fraud that led to the arrest of two students at the institution.
Beware of shady overseas job recruiters
The failure of successive governments to provide adequate job opportunities for the Jamaican people has triggered a massive exodus of the country's labour force to foreign lands in search of greener pastures.
'Reporting abuse could lead to increased HIV among children'
Dr. Peta-Anne Baker, a consultant with the Jamaica Association of Social Workers, has argued that the requirement for health caregivers to report instances of child abuse could, unwittingly, lead to an increase in the incidence of HIV/AIDS among children.
Editors' Forum - School board management
At a Gleaner Editors' Forum on Thursday, March 22, the focus was school board management, particularly at the high-school level, in Jamaica. There were four board chairmen representing five schools in attendance ... Today, we present excerpts from their main presentations at the forum.
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