Davies to open Budget Debate today
MINISTER OF Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies, will today outline how the Government plans to fund the $358 billion budget when he opens the 2006/2007 Budget Debate in Gordon House. Two weeks ago, Dr. Davies tabled the multi-billion dollar budget...
Unions want more - Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) seeks additional $4b in the first year of new MoU
THE JAMAICA Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is seeking an additional $4 billion in the first year of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for public sector workers, and an across the board increase of 10 per cent in the second...
Governor General of Jamaica goes on islandwide tour
GOVERNOR-GENERAL PROFESSOR Kenneth Hall visited Hanover yesterday for the first leg of an islandwide parish tour scheduled to end in St. Catherine on May 18. The parish tour is part of several initiatives the Governor-General will undertake...
Murder conviction quashed on appeal
THE COURT of Appeal yesterday quashed the murder conviction of a 22-year-old man and sent a clear message that the Judges' Rules should not be breached. Omar Clarke, of Cockburn Gardens, Kingston 11, was freed after the court upheld submissions...
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