Jamaica Gleaner News- Business - Sunday

Companies plead for public contracts, tax incentives

Manufacturers and small businesses have joined hoteliers in a cry for help from the Jamaican Government even as analysts are predicting that commerce will be hamstrung by a global-market crisis.

Jamaica's fiscals flounder

Jamaica's finances deteriorated even more in the month of October, with the finance ministry now missing its tax targets for six straight months.

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATION - These are the facts

THE EDITOR, Sir:In the article "Broilers to triple capacity at cogeneration plant", published in the Financial Gleaner, December 5, 2008, the Jamaica Public Service Company's (JPS) response was misrepresented.

Auto trade gears down - New-car sellers predict 15% decline

Demand for new and used cars has hit a slump, manifested in falling applications for motor vehicle import licences. The Trade Board Limited, the agency of government responsible for issuing auto-import permits, shows an 18 per cent decline in requests up to October, compared with the same period last year.

Digicel offers prepaid Blackberry

Digicel Group on Wednesday announced that subscribers to its Blackberry smartphones could now choose between a prepaid plan or postpaid.

Taxing travel to the Caribbean - What is Britain up to?

On November 24, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, proposed increasing a tax that already impacts negatively on the Caribbean and other tourism destinations.